The Brat
“I thrust the prow of the boat straight at the channel, passed through the vine. The water was crystal for a few feet over sand bottom before the boat once again glided above black depths.
I had one last quick look at DeGreef over there on the opposite bank, watching me disappear. Keeping out of his way would be a problem now. He’d been flayed as much as he could stand.
I took careful note of where I was going, marking the way, and drove on deeper along the channel. It was straight for a time, t...hen slowly began to curve. You could only sense it, not see it. The channel began to narrow. I slowed the kicker, then turned it off and sat there listening.
The sound of a car’s engine reached me from back by Kaylor’s cabin. I started the kicker, turned the boat and headed back to where I’d been. For a moment, not recognizing the passageway through which I’d come, fear tapped me on the shoulder. Then I saw the elephant vine. I turned and drifted sidewards to the screening vine and looked across.MoreLess
I had one last quick look at DeGreef over there on the opposite bank, watching me disappear. Keeping out of his way would be a problem now. He’d been flayed as much as he could stand.
I took careful note of where I was going, marking the way, and drove on deeper along the channel. It was straight for a time, t...hen slowly began to curve. You could only sense it, not see it. The channel began to narrow. I slowed the kicker, then turned it off and sat there listening.
The sound of a car’s engine reached me from back by Kaylor’s cabin. I started the kicker, turned the boat and headed back to where I’d been. For a moment, not recognizing the passageway through which I’d come, fear tapped me on the shoulder. Then I saw the elephant vine. I turned and drifted sidewards to the screening vine and looked across.MoreLess
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