Diesel by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Military, Romance
ISBN: 9781773364131
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2020-11-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Eva watched as Diesel opened his mouth and then closed it again. “Spit it out,” she murmured.

“The plane carrying her, two doctors, and two pilots has crashed.”

She stared at him, as she felt all her insides pulling in, tightening up, and shaking. “Marge was on board?”

“Yes, all five lost their lives this morning,” he said quietly.

She looked at him and then looked down at her trembling hands.

He grasped her hands and tugged her a little bit forward.

She immediately got up and, following his movement, sat down in his lap, where she could bury her face against his neck and chest. She didn’t even realize she was weeping for the longest time, but her sobs rocked her body up and down, as he slowly massaged and stroked her back.

“I’m sorry,” he said. “I’m so sorry.”

When she finally regained her voice, she sat up slightly, wiped her eyes, and said, “I mean, if it makes her ending easier, then fine,” she said. “But I know she really wanted to go home to Australia. I don’t know if she had family or something there that she was trying to get back to one more time. That’s just so sad.”

He nodded. “And we agree on that.”

She looked at him for a long moment, then she said, “Please tell me this has nothing to do with what was going on in our lives first.” He looked at her steadily, and her heart sank. “You’re not telling me anything to the contrary, are you?” she whispered.

“I can’t,” he said. “Officially it’ll be a freak accident, but, according to the captain, it was quite possibly a rocket launcher.”

“Oh my,” she said, her hand slowly going to her mouth, as she stared at him, wide-eyed. “What chance is there that I’ll never get out of here alive?”

“I’m not sure,” he said, “because we don’t know how widespread this is. The bottom line is, we have a plan, and we’ll head toward the Philippines, lose ourselves in Manila, and catch a flight out.”

“We’re hardly the right coloring.”

“But we’re not that far off,” he said.

Then she nodded. “I didn’t even notice,” she said, reaching out for his now jet-black locks.

“All it does is give us a chance,” he said. “We need every chance we can get.”

“I’ll take anything right now.”

He said, “We might have another option, but it will take a long time. And I’m not exactly sure what we’ll do.”

“Meaning?”

“We could take a submarine back toward US waters.”

“Oh, wow,” she said, staring at him. “But that’ll be weeks, won’t it?”

“Exactly.”

“Yes, okay. Let’s try Manila,” she said. “You’ll look after me, right?”

“I certainly will,” he said. “And, if Manila doesn’t look good, we’ll find another way home.”

“Fine,” she said, staring at him, dry-eyed. “When do we leave?”

“Now,” he said gently.

She looked at him in shock. “As in now now?”

“As in now now,” he replied.

She nodded, glanced around, and said, “Well, I don’t have anything to bring with me, so it’s not like packing’s a problem.” She took a long sharp, deep breath, and said, “Sorry, Marge.

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