Chasing the Wind by Pamela Binnings Ewen

Author:Pamela Binnings Ewen [Ewen, Pamela Binnings]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Christian, Suspense
ISBN: 9780805464313
Google: KD31-pCJeDYC
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Publisher: B&H Books
Published: 2012-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Six

Phnom Penh, Cambodia 1975

The ramp began opening as the plane rolled to a stop at Bear Cat, just outside Saigon. For a moment the light was blinding, and Oliver shielded his eyes with his arm as he watched the silhouetted medics rushing to help. They scrambled up the ramp and lifted Sam onto a stretcher, then placed the stretcher on a gurney. Sam's lips tightened as the medics lifted her, and Oliver saw tears shining on her face. He took her hand and held on as they eased the gurney down the ramp and then crossed the tarmac to the waiting ambulance.

Oliver was climbing into the back of the ambulance to ride with Sam when he heard someone calling his name. Turning, he squinted into the sun, saw Margaret Bordelon emerge from the hold, stumbling, slipping the rest of the way. He started toward her as she righted herself, then halted, glancing over his shoulder toward the ambulance.

Raising her arm, Margaret shouted. "Oliver! What about the boy?"

Someone inside the ambulance yelled that he'd better hurry. They had to go.

Oliver tensed, frowning as Margaret reached him, halting a few feet away, bending and hugging her waist, breathing hard.

A jet engine roared to life nearby. Behind him the ambulance engine idled. He looked at Margaret. "Take the boy with you, will you?"

At that Margaret straightened, dropped her hands to her sides and stared. "What! Me?" She looked about, then turned back to him. "Me?"

"Yes." He turned back to the ambulance, shouting. "Wait for me, I'm coming!" Over his shoulder he called to Margaret, "I'm going with Sam. The boy's assigned to Operation Babylift." He stopped and turned, giving her a hard look, and she nodded.

"It's official, Margaret. He's roistered for immediate evacuation on Operation Babylift. Sam's lost the paperwork, but his sponsor's name is written on the envelope pinned to his pocket. See that it gets done. Please."

Again she nodded, mute.

Oliver turned before she could object, climbed into the ambulance, and the doors closed behind him.

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