Bet You'll Marry Me (2012)
“Heat filled the truck turning it into an oven. Pine needles sizzled and smoke suffocated the air.
“The road is completely blocked.” Jenny glanced nervously from side to side. “We’ll have to take the path to the left through the trees.”
“Hold on,” Nick warned, and stepped on the gas.
The truck went off the road, through the old-growth forest, jostling over broken logs and mossy dips as it made its own path straight down the mountainside.
“My cell phone is in the glove compartment....” Nick coughed as they sped through a thick section of smoke. “Try to get ahold of Wayne or Harry.”
Jenny found the phone and quickly hit the number.
“There isn’t any reception.” She shook the phone as if that would somehow help.
Swerving, Nick pulled the truck back on to the old logging road. “It’s nearly midnight.MoreLess
“The road is completely blocked.” Jenny glanced nervously from side to side. “We’ll have to take the path to the left through the trees.”
“Hold on,” Nick warned, and stepped on the gas.
The truck went off the road, through the old-growth forest, jostling over broken logs and mossy dips as it made its own path straight down the mountainside.
“My cell phone is in the glove compartment....” Nick coughed as they sped through a thick section of smoke. “Try to get ahold of Wayne or Harry.”
Jenny found the phone and quickly hit the number.
“There isn’t any reception.” She shook the phone as if that would somehow help.
Swerving, Nick pulled the truck back on to the old logging road. “It’s nearly midnight.MoreLess
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