第28节
【】ethediylit,barelivingrookariockedthefrontdoor,pulledthetatteredsheetsthatpassedforcurtains.theookadeepbreathandgaveusthebadnews:
hisbrothertooruldnttakeustopeshaedhistruginehadbloheillingforparts.
ioventoutoftheerofeye.thenablurofsothingzippinga,athingisaslaedagainstthedanglingtabovethefloor.kwerebabashands.
“illtellyouakinggutturaltheerofhisuth.
“puthio,”ohepassengerssaid.
“itskiltheyouheoherussianoffiied,beggedhiostop.
karilapsedonthefloorandrolledaroundfightingforairfellsilehantanhedidntevenknoostah,ean.
sothingthueddoor.no,door,below.
“eoneasked.
“theothers,”kariaent.”
“ho.
“twoweeks.”
“ithoughtyousaidthetruckbrokedoweek.”
kariubbedhisthroat.“itghthavebeentheroaked.
“howlong”
“”
“hoflisaidnothing.iurderouslookonbabasface.
thestehingdank,likeldeynostrilsthentkaripehedoorthatleddoent.ps.alourrbuzzedthroughthebasehitthesouhingelse,ascratgsound.
babasighedbehindanddroppedthebags.
karioldusitshouldbeatterofaupleofshortdaysbeforethetrutosafety.
thebasehehethirdnight,idisveredthesourratgsounds.rats.
o.”
babasnortedapinatterofgod.
italandhisfather.thatalsittinginthebasentjustafe.buteovertooursideoftheroondisaalsface,reallysa...
hehadplynoothereahollo.hisshouldershunal.igoalone...ale,youkno...triedtofight...god...tookhi..bleedingdoore...juststares...
theretoldusafterent.thetruckwasbeyondrepair.
“thereisaion,”kariaid,hisvoicerisingadthegroans.hisusinouggledpeoplees.heusall.
everyoneexceptanelderlyupledecidedtogo.
alandhisfather,theothers.karindhisusin,asquarefabedtherearaberbabacliedhalfhe
ladder,hoppedbaptiedtheboxandpitheddleoftheunpavedroad.hekissedthedirt.poureditintothebox.stoheboxinhisbreastpocket,ohisheart.
panic.
youopenyouruth.openitsoouthanageisastrangledcroak.yourhandsehaskedopenandafloodoflds.you.
panic.
thebasenthadbeendark.thefueltankyhandsbeforeeyes,didntseesoovent.iblinked,blinkedagain.nothingatall.theairostsolid.airyhands,doythefus,likesoonehadpeeledlidsba.nosecaughtfireing.ing,ing...
andthenasllracle.babatuggedatsleeveandsothinggloyeyesgluedtothosefluorestgreenhands.i,ididntdareblink.
sloeaysurroundings.iheardgroansandtteredprayers.iheardababyutedsoothing.sooched.sooneelsecursedtheshoraruedsidetoside,upand
...
hisbrothertooruldnttakeustopeshaedhistruginehadbloheillingforparts.
ioventoutoftheerofeye.thenablurofsothingzippinga,athingisaslaedagainstthedanglingtabovethefloor.kwerebabashands.
“illtellyouakinggutturaltheerofhisuth.
“puthio,”ohepassengerssaid.
“itskiltheyouheoherussianoffiied,beggedhiostop.
karilapsedonthefloorandrolledaroundfightingforairfellsilehantanhedidntevenknoostah,ean.
sothingthueddoor.no,door,below.
“eoneasked.
“theothers,”kariaent.”
“ho.
“twoweeks.”
“ithoughtyousaidthetruckbrokedoweek.”
kariubbedhisthroat.“itghthavebeentheroaked.
“howlong”
“”
“hoflisaidnothing.iurderouslookonbabasface.
thestehingdank,likeldeynostrilsthentkaripehedoorthatleddoent.ps.alourrbuzzedthroughthebasehitthesouhingelse,ascratgsound.
babasighedbehindanddroppedthebags.
karioldusitshouldbeatterofaupleofshortdaysbeforethetrutosafety.
thebasehehethirdnight,idisveredthesourratgsounds.rats.
o.”
babasnortedapinatterofgod.
italandhisfather.thatalsittinginthebasentjustafe.buteovertooursideoftheroondisaalsface,reallysa...
hehadplynoothereahollo.hisshouldershunal.igoalone...ale,youkno...triedtofight...god...tookhi..bleedingdoore...juststares...
theretoldusafterent.thetruckwasbeyondrepair.
“thereisaion,”kariaid,hisvoicerisingadthegroans.hisusinouggledpeoplees.heusall.
everyoneexceptanelderlyupledecidedtogo.
alandhisfather,theothers.karindhisusin,asquarefabedtherearaberbabacliedhalfhe
ladder,hoppedbaptiedtheboxandpitheddleoftheunpavedroad.hekissedthedirt.poureditintothebox.stoheboxinhisbreastpocket,ohisheart.
panic.
youopenyouruth.openitsoouthanageisastrangledcroak.yourhandsehaskedopenandafloodoflds.you.
panic.
thebasenthadbeendark.thefueltankyhandsbeforeeyes,didntseesoovent.iblinked,blinkedagain.nothingatall.theairostsolid.airyhands,doythefus,likesoonehadpeeledlidsba.nosecaughtfireing.ing,ing...
andthenasllracle.babatuggedatsleeveandsothinggloyeyesgluedtothosefluorestgreenhands.i,ididntdareblink.
sloeaysurroundings.iheardgroansandtteredprayers.iheardababyutedsoothing.sooched.sooneelsecursedtheshoraruedsidetoside,upand
...