The Loner (2009)
“BILLY SAID IN A soothing voice. “One more mile. A couple more minutes. Then I’ll get you out of that car seat and get you dry and into bed.”
The truck had dropped into a deep pothole in the dirt road that led from the highway to the Coburn ranch house, and the portable crib, stroller, and high chair which Billy had thrown into the back of the pickup when he’d packed so hurriedly had ricocheted noisily around the metal truck bed. At the crash of metal on metal, Will had woken with a cry of alarm... and, when he realized he was still strapped into the car seat, began wailing miserably.
Billy had offered his fifteen-month-old son the warm bottle of milk, and Will had sucked it down like a starving calf. But the bottle was empty now, and Will was struggling against the car seat restraints, protesting his confinement with all his might and begging to be let out.
“Out, Daddy.”
Billy felt his gut tighten. He hated the sound of his child in distress. But it made no sense to stop when he was so close to home.MoreLess
The truck had dropped into a deep pothole in the dirt road that led from the highway to the Coburn ranch house, and the portable crib, stroller, and high chair which Billy had thrown into the back of the pickup when he’d packed so hurriedly had ricocheted noisily around the metal truck bed. At the crash of metal on metal, Will had woken with a cry of alarm... and, when he realized he was still strapped into the car seat, began wailing miserably.
Billy had offered his fifteen-month-old son the warm bottle of milk, and Will had sucked it down like a starving calf. But the bottle was empty now, and Will was struggling against the car seat restraints, protesting his confinement with all his might and begging to be let out.
“Out, Daddy.”
Billy felt his gut tighten. He hated the sound of his child in distress. But it made no sense to stop when he was so close to home.MoreLess
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