Mason by Allison LaFleur

Author:Allison LaFleur [LaFleur, Allison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Summer Storm Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-10-15T16:00:00+00:00

The jungle rose early. The sounds of parrots squawking as they flew from tree to tree woke me up shortly after sunrise. The piercing cry of howler monkeys echoed through the vegetation, and I heard the roar of a jungle cat coming from somewhere not far off.

Easing my arm out from under Kinsey, I rolled to the edge of the bed and sat up. Dizzy for a moment, I gently probed the knot on my head. It seemed a little less swollen, and my headache was mostly gone. What I wouldn’t give for a hot shower right about now!

I stood up a little unsteadily, but my ankle held while I tiptoed out of the bedroom. Loosening the tape on one side of the parachute, I carefully hopped down out of the plane and took my first look at the crash scene.

I had to grab on to the side of the fuselage to keep from falling. There were pieces of jagged metal, broken trees, and charred remains of engine everywhere. Some were big pieces like the tail we’d slept in while others were no bigger than my fist. Oh my god…. It’s a miracle we survived.

I carefully picked my way through the wreckage to the cockpit. Not even 24 hours had passed since the crash, but Ricardo and Matt were already starting to smell. Eyes watering, I climbed up through the cockpit door and quickly searched for anything useful. I wrestled the crash ax off the wall behind the left seat. Breathing through my mouth, I went through the pilots’ pockets and the cockpit around them. The co-pilot had a tiny Swiss army knife in his pants pocket, and around him, I found another flashlight, a couple bottles of water, a bottle of ibuprofen, and a pair of sunglasses. I took Marie’s whole purse for Kinsey. Marie wouldn’t be using it anymore. Tossing the stuff I found in the top, I threw Marie’s catchall over my shoulder and carefully made my way back to Kinsey, dropping it by the one remaining club chair before silently slipping back into the bedroom.

Leaning on one elbow, I reached over and brushed Kinsey’s hair out of her face. She was so beautiful, and she was sleeping so soundly I really hated to wake her up.

“Kinsey.” I gently shook her shoulder. “Kinsey, wake up.”

“Grmmmunmph,” She rolled away from me, burying her face in a pillow.

“Babe, we need to get going.” I shook her a little more forcefully this time, and her eyelids fluttered.

“Mmmph. What time is it? I just want to sleep a little longer.” Burrowing deeper in the soft mattress, she made it obvious she wasn’t a morning person.

“Kinsey! I need your help! Remember the plane crash?”

She suddenly sat up, and I dodged just in time to avoid her head connecting with my nose. “Oh my god! I can’t believe I fell asleep!” Wide awake now, she looked at me, a question in her eyes.

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