Act 3: Final Round
Lee and Captain Kurt cased the race track for the third time.
"Where could they have gone to?" Lee wasn't really expecting an answer, he was just so...frustrated!
"Look here Lee," Captain Kurt wasn't any less stymied, "The girls are probably in the ladies room. You know how women can be..."
"For the last two hours?!" Lee was ready to lose his cool!
"Uh, well," Kurt didn't know what to say...
"Look, I'll take another go-round, they've got to be here..somewhere...." Lee could only hope.
"Alright Lee," Captain Kurt conceded, "I'll check the hospitality tent. Seems like Kip went there after his win."
****
"Dad! Where's that foxy lady?" Kip had had just about enough of his Dad's nonsense!
"Son, you don't need to worry about that old broad!" Nick derided, "Why don't you go talk to that ESN reporter, he was looking for you earlier!"
"Daddy, please.." Kari interrupted.
"Shut up Kari! Just shut up!"
Kip wondered what had gotten into his old man.
****
Back at the pit, Mike hollered, "Hey Kurz! Have ya seen that good lookin' broad?"
"Which one?" Kurz, the clown of the pit crew, yelled back.
"The one with 'Don't Ask!' on her shirt!"
"Nah! She's probably found someone younger than you!" Laughed Kurz.
Mike gave Kurz a look that could kill and took off for the transporter. He wished he could find Dotty so he could show her around. He opened the back door of the transporter to air the place out. He looked up, satisfied to see that Kip's back up car was safely parked on the trailer's second tier.
***
Lee crouched by the rear wheels of the transporter and waited for Mike to walk away. He couldn't explain it but something told him to look in Kip's trailer. Lee hoisted himself through the back door and into the transporter.
He could hear Mike and Kurz still razzin' each other.
"Mike! You said you want to show Dotty around? That's not ALL you want to show her man!"
Lee was disgusted! 'How can those jerks talk about Amanda's mother like that!'
Once Lee heard the two jokers leave, he made his way to the front of the transporter. The lights were off and the crew had left to make merry at La Lizard. "Where could they be?"
Lee felt hopeless. Nothing. He slowly made his way to the back of the trailer when...something above him caught his eye.
It was...Amanda's wedding rings reflecting the light from outside. Lee gasped. He hadn't noticed the funny car on the tier above. Amanda's motionless hand was sticking out of the window.
Lee flew up the ladder to the second tier. He rushed over to the funny car and peered inside. There lay Amanda and her mother. Both unconscious, both bruised.
"Amanda! Amanda!" Lee shook his wife.
"Amanda! please!" Lee was ready to lose it!
"Lee? Lee?"
Lee turned to look at Dotty.
"Lee, I knew you'd come" Dotty whispered.
Lee scooped his mother-in law out from the back of the car and gently assisted her to the floor.
"How's Amanda?"
Lee had never seen Dotty so serious. "She's, she's not coming too..."
"Lee," Dotty was barely audible, "I, I think Kip's father used something to knock us out."
"Yeah," Lee noticed some rags thrown down next to the car. He could still smell their noxious fumes. "We've gotta get Amanda out of here."
Lee shuddered as he saw the deep bruises forming on his wife's neck. Lee carefully lifted Amanda out of the car...
"LEE!" Dotty did her best to shout.
CRACK!
Lee felt a hard smack to the back of his head and a smart burning sensation. Soon blood was running down his shirt. Amanda fell out of his arms and her limp body rolled under the car.
Dotty scooted on her belly and dragged Amanda to safety as Nick raised his arms to deal another blow to Lee's head with a heavy-duty torque wrench. Lee grabbed Nick's arms and the men fought for position.
Nick reached over to bite Lee's nose just as Lee successfully landed a firm knee to Nick's groin.
"Agh!" Nick cried out as he fell to the ground. He pulled Lee down with him as he firmly placed his hands around Lee's neck. "What's good for the gander is good for the goose!"
Lee looked into Nick's crazed eyes and yelled "Dotty! Get her out of here!"
Dotty was unable to rouse Amanda but, with strength only God could give, she scooted Amanda down the ladder and out through the transporter's back door.
Dotty cringed, she could still hear Lee and Nick fighting for their lives.
"Agh!"
"Unh!"
Nick continued his choke hold as Lee flipped Nick over his head and smashed Nick's skull againt the floor.
Dotty was afraid to leave Amanda. 'Lee, you're a brave man.' She knew Lee could fend for himself. 'Seems like he's been doing this for years...' Dotty hoped she'd have the same kind of courage. As she cradled her daughter's head in her lap, Dotty pleaded, "Amanda? Amanda? Wake up darling...."
The two men continued to struggle overhead. Nick finally rolled Lee to the edge of the tier and began pouding Lee's head on the ladder.
Lee was getting woozy, his strength was leaving him...."A-man-da...."
"Aaaaaaaaaaaghhhhhh!"
Captain Kurt shouted as he hoisted Nick's body off of Lee and spun Nick around to land a brilliant nose busting right hook! Nick crashed face first to the ground.
Lee mumbled "Thanks" as Captain Kurt helped Lee up to a sitting position. "Amanda?"
Kurt shrugged in answer to Lee's inquiry.
"Daddy!" Kari had just run into the trailer. She looked up and saw the two men sitting by her father. "I'll, I'll call the police.....I'm glad....you found out...."
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Lee and Captain Kurt cased the race track for the third time.
"Where could they have gone to?" Lee wasn't really expecting an answer, he was just so...frustrated!
"Look here Lee," Captain Kurt wasn't any less stymied, "The girls are probably in the ladies room. You know how women can be..."
"For the last two hours?!" Lee was ready to lose his cool!
"Uh, well," Kurt didn't know what to say...
"Look, I'll take another go-round, they've got to be here..somewhere...." Lee could only hope.
"Alright Lee," Captain Kurt conceded, "I'll check the hospitality tent. Seems like Kip went there after his win."
****
"Dad! Where's that foxy lady?" Kip had had just about enough of his Dad's nonsense!
"Son, you don't need to worry about that old broad!" Nick derided, "Why don't you go talk to that ESN reporter, he was looking for you earlier!"
"Daddy, please.." Kari interrupted.
"Shut up Kari! Just shut up!"
Kip wondered what had gotten into his old man.
****
Back at the pit, Mike hollered, "Hey Kurz! Have ya seen that good lookin' broad?"
"Which one?" Kurz, the clown of the pit crew, yelled back.
"The one with 'Don't Ask!' on her shirt!"
"Nah! She's probably found someone younger than you!" Laughed Kurz.
Mike gave Kurz a look that could kill and took off for the transporter. He wished he could find Dotty so he could show her around. He opened the back door of the transporter to air the place out. He looked up, satisfied to see that Kip's back up car was safely parked on the trailer's second tier.
***
Lee crouched by the rear wheels of the transporter and waited for Mike to walk away. He couldn't explain it but something told him to look in Kip's trailer. Lee hoisted himself through the back door and into the transporter.
He could hear Mike and Kurz still razzin' each other.
"Mike! You said you want to show Dotty around? That's not ALL you want to show her man!"
Lee was disgusted! 'How can those jerks talk about Amanda's mother like that!'
Once Lee heard the two jokers leave, he made his way to the front of the transporter. The lights were off and the crew had left to make merry at La Lizard. "Where could they be?"
Lee felt hopeless. Nothing. He slowly made his way to the back of the trailer when...something above him caught his eye.
It was...Amanda's wedding rings reflecting the light from outside. Lee gasped. He hadn't noticed the funny car on the tier above. Amanda's motionless hand was sticking out of the window.
Lee flew up the ladder to the second tier. He rushed over to the funny car and peered inside. There lay Amanda and her mother. Both unconscious, both bruised.
"Amanda! Amanda!" Lee shook his wife.
"Amanda! please!" Lee was ready to lose it!
"Lee? Lee?"
Lee turned to look at Dotty.
"Lee, I knew you'd come" Dotty whispered.
Lee scooped his mother-in law out from the back of the car and gently assisted her to the floor.
"How's Amanda?"
Lee had never seen Dotty so serious. "She's, she's not coming too..."
"Lee," Dotty was barely audible, "I, I think Kip's father used something to knock us out."
"Yeah," Lee noticed some rags thrown down next to the car. He could still smell their noxious fumes. "We've gotta get Amanda out of here."
Lee shuddered as he saw the deep bruises forming on his wife's neck. Lee carefully lifted Amanda out of the car...
"LEE!" Dotty did her best to shout.
CRACK!
Lee felt a hard smack to the back of his head and a smart burning sensation. Soon blood was running down his shirt. Amanda fell out of his arms and her limp body rolled under the car.
Dotty scooted on her belly and dragged Amanda to safety as Nick raised his arms to deal another blow to Lee's head with a heavy-duty torque wrench. Lee grabbed Nick's arms and the men fought for position.
Nick reached over to bite Lee's nose just as Lee successfully landed a firm knee to Nick's groin.
"Agh!" Nick cried out as he fell to the ground. He pulled Lee down with him as he firmly placed his hands around Lee's neck. "What's good for the gander is good for the goose!"
Lee looked into Nick's crazed eyes and yelled "Dotty! Get her out of here!"
Dotty was unable to rouse Amanda but, with strength only God could give, she scooted Amanda down the ladder and out through the transporter's back door.
Dotty cringed, she could still hear Lee and Nick fighting for their lives.
"Agh!"
"Unh!"
Nick continued his choke hold as Lee flipped Nick over his head and smashed Nick's skull againt the floor.
Dotty was afraid to leave Amanda. 'Lee, you're a brave man.' She knew Lee could fend for himself. 'Seems like he's been doing this for years...' Dotty hoped she'd have the same kind of courage. As she cradled her daughter's head in her lap, Dotty pleaded, "Amanda? Amanda? Wake up darling...."
The two men continued to struggle overhead. Nick finally rolled Lee to the edge of the tier and began pouding Lee's head on the ladder.
Lee was getting woozy, his strength was leaving him...."A-man-da...."
"Aaaaaaaaaaaghhhhhh!"
Captain Kurt shouted as he hoisted Nick's body off of Lee and spun Nick around to land a brilliant nose busting right hook! Nick crashed face first to the ground.
Lee mumbled "Thanks" as Captain Kurt helped Lee up to a sitting position. "Amanda?"
Kurt shrugged in answer to Lee's inquiry.
"Daddy!" Kari had just run into the trailer. She looked up and saw the two men sitting by her father. "I'll, I'll call the police.....I'm glad....you found out...."
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