Sea Change (2010)
“Then I hear Sumi scream. “My foot!” She collapses on the ground. “I’ve shot my foot!”
I think she could be joking, but then she leans over and throws up. The smell makes me blink, and I’m suddenly much more sober. I pick up the flashlight that she’s dropped on the ground and shine it on her foot. It’s hard to see but it looks like she stepped in something shiny. I bend and wipe a bit of it, then look at it under the flashlight. Blood. I drop to my knees and put the flashlight close to her foot....
She’s screaming, and now I know it’s for real. The side of her boot is torn open and a gush of blood pumps out onto the ground. Bits of her sock stick out of the wound. I see white things that I really hope aren’t bone.
Sumi pants, “How bad is it?”
I lie. “Looks like your boot got most of it. There’s some bleeding though. I’ll take care of that.”
I really did take a first-aid course. I had to in order to get into the cook training program. We learned how to wrap the end of a finger so it can be reattached.MoreLess
I think she could be joking, but then she leans over and throws up. The smell makes me blink, and I’m suddenly much more sober. I pick up the flashlight that she’s dropped on the ground and shine it on her foot. It’s hard to see but it looks like she stepped in something shiny. I bend and wipe a bit of it, then look at it under the flashlight. Blood. I drop to my knees and put the flashlight close to her foot....
She’s screaming, and now I know it’s for real. The side of her boot is torn open and a gush of blood pumps out onto the ground. Bits of her sock stick out of the wound. I see white things that I really hope aren’t bone.
Sumi pants, “How bad is it?”
I lie. “Looks like your boot got most of it. There’s some bleeding though. I’ll take care of that.”
I really did take a first-aid course. I had to in order to get into the cook training program. We learned how to wrap the end of a finger so it can be reattached.MoreLess
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