The Students of Barrenmoor Ridge by Marsh Jackson

Author:Marsh, Jackson [Marsh, Jackson]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: James Collins
Published: 2020-02-02T16:00:00+00:00

Liam clutched the mug as if he was afraid it would be taken from him, and his shoulders slumped. Shaking his head, he said, ‘I don’t know.’

‘Okay. Well, tell me anything you remember so I can tell John, and he can help your mate. You can sleep later.’

‘I can’t sleep. Not while he’s up there on his own. Oh, shit, I’m so fucked up.’

It was the most Gary had heard him say. ‘He’ll be fine,’ he said. ‘John’s been doing this for years. You’re lucky you found us.’

‘I didn’t know it was you.’

‘Hey, if it wasn’t us, you’d have found someone. Casper’s going to be okay.’ There was no way of knowing, but Gary wasn’t going to say that. ‘You said you found him outside?’

Liam nodded.

‘What time was that?’

‘I can’t tell…’ The lad’s eyes flicked across to Gary, and his brow furrowed.

‘What is it?’

Liam looked away. ‘We’d been up the top,’ he said. ‘We pitched the tent as it was getting dark.’

Sunset was around half-four, and Gary made a note in his book.

‘Then?’

‘We found out Casper had the wrong bag.’

‘Wrong bag?’

Liam explained how they had mixed up their rucksacks at the café but didn’t realise until they came to set up the inside of the tent. Their food and cooking gear had been inside with Casper’s sleeping bag. The information was noted, and Gary prompted Liam to continue by asking what happened next.

‘We had a bit of… That is…’

‘It’s okay, mate,’ Gary said. ‘Just what you can remember.’

The fact Liam remembered anything was a sign his hypothermia wasn’t too severe.

The colour gradually returning to his cheeks was another, and the pinker they became, the more his light dusting of blond stubble became visible.

‘We put the light out around seven or half-past, I’m not sure.’

‘Uh-hu.’

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