Torrid Nights
“Mackenna stood with her supervisors overlooking the section of road where the soil and gravel had been washed away. Sully remained at her side throughout the torturous day. Her crew had become a troop of ragamuffins with mud caking their boots and trousers. Tiredly, she wiped her brow with the back of her hand, studying the wretched situation. She turned to her road engineer, Frank Bevans. “As soon as the road gets a little firmer, let’s get that new gravel up here so we can start moving machin...ery again.”
Bevans nodded, his mouth set. “It will probably mean the difference between finishing this project or watching the last miles of highway wash into the ocean.”
Mackenna smiled painfully. “Let’s go for the whole nine yards, Frank. Order your men at the gravel quarry to begin bringing the trucks up.”
Sully stayed at her side as Bevans made his way down the muddy slope to the truck parked below. “Haven’t you done enough for one day, girl?” he asked, raising one eyebrow and watching her closely.MoreLess
Bevans nodded, his mouth set. “It will probably mean the difference between finishing this project or watching the last miles of highway wash into the ocean.”
Mackenna smiled painfully. “Let’s go for the whole nine yards, Frank. Order your men at the gravel quarry to begin bringing the trucks up.”
Sully stayed at her side as Bevans made his way down the muddy slope to the truck parked below. “Haven’t you done enough for one day, girl?” he asked, raising one eyebrow and watching her closely.MoreLess
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