Breaking Point (2012)
“I pulled the kayak even farther up into the forest and lashed it to a sturdy spruce tree. I tied the two paddles as well and opened the sea hatch, hauled out the tent and the few supplies. Brianna didn’t look too happy.
“Cameron, I think I’m going to have to continue on without you,” she said.
“You can’t do that,” I said.
“Don’t worry. When I get ashore, I’ll have someone phone and tell them about you. Someone will come and get you.”
“It’s not that,” I insisted. “It’s you. You can’t go back out... there.”
It was still windy but very warm, and the sun was out.
“I got you ashore, didn’t I? I can handle this,” she said. “I’ll go toward the mainland and hug the shoreline. I got this far, didn’t I?”
I was getting mad at her now. “You can’t go back out there,” I shouted.
“I don’t like people telling me what to do,” she snapped back. “And I don’t like being shouted at.”
I calmed myself. “If you go back out there now, I think you might die.”MoreLess
“Cameron, I think I’m going to have to continue on without you,” she said.
“You can’t do that,” I said.
“Don’t worry. When I get ashore, I’ll have someone phone and tell them about you. Someone will come and get you.”
“It’s not that,” I insisted. “It’s you. You can’t go back out... there.”
It was still windy but very warm, and the sun was out.
“I got you ashore, didn’t I? I can handle this,” she said. “I’ll go toward the mainland and hug the shoreline. I got this far, didn’t I?”
I was getting mad at her now. “You can’t go back out there,” I shouted.
“I don’t like people telling me what to do,” she snapped back. “And I don’t like being shouted at.”
I calmed myself. “If you go back out there now, I think you might die.”MoreLess
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