The Milieu Principle by Malcolm Franks

Author:Malcolm Franks
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Milieu Publishing
Published: 2010-11-24T00:00:00+00:00

Ferrying towards the mooring buoy Matt could hear Grace soothing Jack back into life, using the first aid kit to cleanse the wound. The older man’s groans grew louder as he regained full consciousness, then he began to curse as only Jack could curse. Securing the rope tightly, Matt climbed back into the plane to check on his passengers.

Grace grabbed him around the neck and clung to his body for comfort. Jack’s head turned towards him and grinned.

“That’s my boy. Knew yur had it in yur lad, yur a natural.” he said proudly.

Matt made to check his friend’s wound. Jack told him to leave be, he was fine, good enough to fly back to the island. Holly would give him all the nursing he would need, and winked at the young man.

“Get yurself along to the cruise terminal lad, and take yur lovely young creature with yur,” he added.

He rose to his feet and began to stagger, trying to regain his balance. Grace helped him to steady himself. The man has the strength of an ox thought Matt, in admiration of the burly Canadian.

“I’d better check the damage up front before you go,” he said, and rapidly disappeared into the cockpit.

Clambering into the pilot’s chair Matt retrieved the item from his inside jacket pocket and unpicked the sticky tape wrapped around it. Reaching underneath, he placed it firmly against the underside of the seat and pressed, fixing it against the surface. Confident it was secure; he stepped back into the main body of the plane and unloaded the luggage onto the jetty. First he helped Grace out of the machine and then Jack stumbled from the plane onto the wooden surface.

“Are you sure you’re all right?” asked a deeply concerned Matt. “We can take you to the hospital, there’s plenty of time.”

Jack flatly refused to even consider the possibility. He wanted to get back to the island as soon as possible and get the window of the plane repaired. Besides Holly being there, Rosa also needed to be looked after he reminded his young friend.

The handshake was firm and true, the subsequent man-hug heartfelt. One fortuitous encounter had brought two strangers together, turning chance contact into the strongest possible bond of friendship. Matt handed his friend an envelope and a piece of paper. Grace watched from her position some feet away, standing next to the suitcases.

“Get this to Jenna,” Matt said of the envelope.

The burly Canadian checked the contents.

“There’s over fourteen hundred dollars here!”

Matt smiled.

“If we make it through the next week I can always ask her for it back. The number is the new mobile. Give it to no-one, not even Holly.”

A final shake of hands and the two men separated. They waved Jack off from the jetty as he ferried the plane out into the harbour and readied to take off. Covering his eyes from the sun’s glare with his left hand, Matt comforted Grace with his right and they watched the plane climb into the sky.

“What did you give Jack?” she asked.

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