The Kaleidoscope (2015)
“Gus towered over Harold, but Glenda snarled, charging straight for his now exposed leg. Lips back, teeth bared, she tried to clamp on again. “Stop it, you mangy cur!” Gus glared at the dog, and Harold grabbed for his foot so he couldn’t kick her as she bounced around, yipping high-pitched warnings. He’d placed himself directly in the line of fire, and took the brunt of Gus’ bootkick to his own side in a sickening crack.
“Oof!”
Glenda ran to Pepper, who was screaming to her from the yard.
Morrie... appeared at Harold’s elbow and jerked him to his feet, but Harold’s knees wouldn’t comply. The pain scourged through Harold as Morrie maneuvered him so Harold’s arm was over his shoulder, and he wedged his stout body as a human crutch to hurry him across the porch and down the step.
Pepper encircled his waist from the other side, and they passed the garbage fortress, behind which the man still shouted warnings, a rat in sewage of his own making.
Harold stumbled in the ill-fitting flip-flops as he tried to keep their pace and lost one in the high weeds, wincing as something bit into his tender sole.MoreLess
“Oof!”
Glenda ran to Pepper, who was screaming to her from the yard.
Morrie... appeared at Harold’s elbow and jerked him to his feet, but Harold’s knees wouldn’t comply. The pain scourged through Harold as Morrie maneuvered him so Harold’s arm was over his shoulder, and he wedged his stout body as a human crutch to hurry him across the porch and down the step.
Pepper encircled his waist from the other side, and they passed the garbage fortress, behind which the man still shouted warnings, a rat in sewage of his own making.
Harold stumbled in the ill-fitting flip-flops as he tried to keep their pace and lost one in the high weeds, wincing as something bit into his tender sole.MoreLess
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