Crossing the Wire (2009)
“I drank my fill, and then I drank some more. “Pretty soon his ankle will swell up,” Jarra was telling Morales as they watched from the shade of a nearby mesquite. “His whole leg is going to bloat like a carcass. We’ll have to leave him behind.”
“I give you permission to carry his pack, if that’s what you’re wondering about,” Morales said with a laugh.
Jarra looked at me with hatred, flicked back his forelock and said, “Why not put a bullet in him?”
“Don’t listen,” Rico whispered. “He’s only mes...sing with your mind.”
I crawled off to wait for the swelling and the horror to come. “I’ll stay behind with you, no matter what,” Rico said.
“Don’t. He’ll put a bullet in you, too.”
After an hour, my heart was still racing, my head still pounding, but my ankle and leg were the same as ever. “Calm down,” Rico said. “Maybe nothing’s going to happen from the snakebite.” He fell asleep.
The sun was stuck in the sky. Time dragged. In Arizona, a day in May went on forever.MoreLess
“I give you permission to carry his pack, if that’s what you’re wondering about,” Morales said with a laugh.
Jarra looked at me with hatred, flicked back his forelock and said, “Why not put a bullet in him?”
“Don’t listen,” Rico whispered. “He’s only mes...sing with your mind.”
I crawled off to wait for the swelling and the horror to come. “I’ll stay behind with you, no matter what,” Rico said.
“Don’t. He’ll put a bullet in you, too.”
After an hour, my heart was still racing, my head still pounding, but my ankle and leg were the same as ever. “Calm down,” Rico said. “Maybe nothing’s going to happen from the snakebite.” He fell asleep.
The sun was stuck in the sky. Time dragged. In Arizona, a day in May went on forever.MoreLess
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