Truth Runner by Jerel Law

Author:Jerel Law
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2013-07-31T16:00:00+00:00

FOURTEEN

BELOW AND ALONE

Jonah soared through the air, barely reaching the metal guardrail with his left hand. He grabbed on as tightly as he could. The bus had already ripped through it, but it held him, for now. With his right hand, he grabbed the luggage compartment handle on the bus and flipped it up. Bags spilled out from underneath, hurtling into the darkness below. He grabbed the solid inside of the compartment and held it with all his might.

He looked up as his arms were outstretched, one on the guardrail, the other on the bus, holding them there with everything he had. Through the window just above him, he thought he saw the faint outline of the little girl’s face, pointing to him and saying something to her mother.

“Aaaaaaaagggghhhhh!” he cried out. He was barely alert enough to realize that it had stopped raining. And no more thunder or lightning. “Get off, people,” he whispered. “Please, get off, so I can let go . . .”

Please, Elohim, let me . . .

Jonah pushed as hard as he could, and the bus began to move very slowly back up onto the road. He continued, feeling it move a little more with each shove.

The open front door was almost within reach when he heard shouts up above.

“We’re out! Hey, we’re out, kid! Get back up here! Everyone’s safe! Everyone’s safe!”

He felt a jolt of energy and gave the bus one last shove, knowing what he had to do. Reaching the doorway again, he pulled himself back inside the bus. He was alone on it, which he was thankful for. They really had gotten off. He hurried toward the back. Outside the windows, he saw the passengers lined up, some of whom were waving to him to jump through the emergency exit and onto safe ground.

He was almost there when he realized he wasn’t going to make it.

The bus began to slip again. He ran for the exit, but before he could get there, it fell right over the edge, taking Jonah with it.

Jonah felt himself falling backward. His head hit something hard, and then he saw nothing but black.

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