Deliver Us from Evil
Chapter 11 Fishing
Later, Rich, Bruno and Jeffrey walked into the yard carrying fishing poles. Jeff looked all around until he saw Bogg, under a tree and behind a bush, watching them. He smiled and continued along, keeping Bruno between himself and Rich.
They walked though the woods until they came to a place where the river moved swiftly over a few large rocks.
"You should go as far out as you can," Rich told Bruno, who glanced at the river fearfully.
"I think I'll stay here to fish," he said, and Rich advanced toward him suddenly. Jeff could feel the coldness coming from him and backed up. As he did, he caught site of Bogg, hidden behind a bush, a bit downstream. That was a good place, because if one of them fell in, that was the way the current would carry them.
"I said, get out deeper," and Rich's tone was icy. His body pushed against his brother and Bruno took a step backwards toward the water.
Jeff was afraid for him, until he heard him speak and thought he sounded different somehow.
"I'm not going to," Bruno said loudly, finally finding the courage to stand up to him. He braced his foot against a rock and pushed back against Rich's arm.
Suddenly, they were fighting, rolling on the ground and yelling. Jeff watched as Bruno punched Rich in the face and when he was stunned, pulled him to his feet. He turned him around and pushed him hard backwards so that Rich fell on the rocks and rolled over them into the river. The current caught him and he moved swiftly downstream, face down.
Jeff watched in shock as Bogg scrambled over the uneven rocks to get to the deeper water, and then plunged in and turned Rich over so he was face up. Jeff started running along the bank as they were swept downstream faster and faster.