The Only Good Priest (2011)
“someone screamed.
“I’m trying!” came a frantic voice from up front.
The van lurched forward and slid sideways. I heard the tires spinning. One of the horrible sounds of winter is tires refusing to catch hold. Next to the grinding of an engine refusing to start, it’s the most depressing sound of the cold.
For an instant I saw a shadow loom behind us and heard the roar of an engine. Then I had a sensation of flying, then falling, and the van tumbled and rolled. The pain in my ribs awakened a thou...sandfold. I shut my eyes. My tied hands made it impossible to grip anything. Fortunately they’d wedged me among the blankets, clothes, and sleeping bags, which cushioned me from much of the impact. Even so, my tortured ribs caused pain to shoot throughout my body. The van came to rest on its side. Monica and I lay together, half out the now-open back door of the van. We gazed at each other a moment. I felt snow on my check.
“I don’t think we’re dead,” she said. “Are you okay?”MoreLess
“I’m trying!” came a frantic voice from up front.
The van lurched forward and slid sideways. I heard the tires spinning. One of the horrible sounds of winter is tires refusing to catch hold. Next to the grinding of an engine refusing to start, it’s the most depressing sound of the cold.
For an instant I saw a shadow loom behind us and heard the roar of an engine. Then I had a sensation of flying, then falling, and the van tumbled and rolled. The pain in my ribs awakened a thou...sandfold. I shut my eyes. My tied hands made it impossible to grip anything. Fortunately they’d wedged me among the blankets, clothes, and sleeping bags, which cushioned me from much of the impact. Even so, my tortured ribs caused pain to shoot throughout my body. The van came to rest on its side. Monica and I lay together, half out the now-open back door of the van. We gazed at each other a moment. I felt snow on my check.
“I don’t think we’re dead,” she said. “Are you okay?”MoreLess
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