Absolution Creek (2012)
“Behind them the twins watched as Meg flipped back the bedcovers. Kendal flopped lifelessly onto the sheet. Meg grasped her side, pinching at a painful stitch.
‘Is Kendal hurt, Mummy?’ Penny had two fingers shoved in her mouth and Jill peeped over her sister’s shoulder.
Kendal was still alive, his breathing shallow. Sam pulled the boy’s muddy boots off. ‘Now what?’ Meg’s breath started to return to normal. ‘Turn him on his side.’ She grappled for nail scissors on the bedside table and began snip...ping at Kendal’s clothing.
‘We’ll be here all day,’ Sam complained, removing Kendal’s pocketknife from the boy’s belt and slicing through the material. The wound was on his shoulder: a deep gash that appeared to have bled itself out. ‘I reckon he knocked his head, that’s why he’s out to it.’ Sam stripped Kendal to the waist. ‘Penny, fetch a blanket from your room for me.’ Meg probed the nasty gash. The blood was already congealing. ‘I think you’re right.’ There wasn’t enough blood in the dirt at the work shed to suggest he was going to die from blood loss.MoreLess
‘Is Kendal hurt, Mummy?’ Penny had two fingers shoved in her mouth and Jill peeped over her sister’s shoulder.
Kendal was still alive, his breathing shallow. Sam pulled the boy’s muddy boots off. ‘Now what?’ Meg’s breath started to return to normal. ‘Turn him on his side.’ She grappled for nail scissors on the bedside table and began snip...ping at Kendal’s clothing.
‘We’ll be here all day,’ Sam complained, removing Kendal’s pocketknife from the boy’s belt and slicing through the material. The wound was on his shoulder: a deep gash that appeared to have bled itself out. ‘I reckon he knocked his head, that’s why he’s out to it.’ Sam stripped Kendal to the waist. ‘Penny, fetch a blanket from your room for me.’ Meg probed the nasty gash. The blood was already congealing. ‘I think you’re right.’ There wasn’t enough blood in the dirt at the work shed to suggest he was going to die from blood loss.MoreLess
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