Chasing The Dawn (Luke Temple - Book 2) (Luke Temple Series) by James Flynn

Author:James Flynn [Flynn, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2014-09-07T07:00:00+00:00

51.

“Careful …” Chung Su demanded as Luke brushed a hedgerow with the passenger-side wing mirror. His driving was a little erratic, his jaw clenching every time he applied the throttle with his right leg, the wound widening with every movement. Chung Su’s horror was etched all over her face. She was amazed Luke could even move let alone drive.

Without warning, Luke threw the car onto a muddy verge and skidded to a stop; throwing open his door and taking out the keys he kept his leg as rigid as possible as he struggled to his feet. The pain was getting worse and he needed to remove the splinter and stem the bleeding. He hobbled to the rear of the car and opened the boot. Inside were an array of objects including a metal jack, several oil-stained rags and strangely a pack of batteries but nothing to put them into. The batteries were wrapped in bubble wrap. Right at the far end of the boot against the back seats was something that Luke was hoping for, a tow cord. He leant in and retrieved it; both ends had black metal hooks attached. Luke stretched the thick cord to test it. It was designed to take a lot of pressure, and it was perfect for what Luke needed it for. He grabbed the batteries and slammed the boot shut, taking a moment to rest against the car, breathing heavily.

He limped up to Chung Su’s door and opened it; she looked at him wide-eyed. He tore off the bubble wrap with his teeth and threw the batteries down into the footwell. He handed Chung Su the tow cord. “I am going to need your help,” he told her plainly.

“What do you want me to do?”

“I am going to count to three; on the last count I want you to pull this with all your strength.” Luke indicated the shard of wood.

Chung Su’s mouth dropped, her eyes went back and forth between Luke’s eyes and the wood. “But what if … perhaps I am not strong enough? What if I make it worse … I don’t want to … why don’t you do it?” She was starting to panic.

“Chung Su, listen! I won’t be able to do it in one pull. All you need to do is smoothly pull it, a bit of strength and it will come out.” Luke knew that in films when someone has something sticking out of them they just grit their teeth and pull, but the reality was very different. The body would fight itself, it would take someone else to pull with no regard to the pain.

“Do it!” Luke insisted.

Chung Su nodded and turned so her feet were out of the car and she was sat at the right height to yank out the shard. She lightly placed both hands on the wood.

“One, two, three!”

Luke raised his voice as he said the number three in anticipation of the pain. Chung Su suppressed a scream as she tensed her arms and pulled up.

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