Logan ground his jaw silently at the racket the brats in front of him were
making. There were balloons and cake everywhere, not to mention shrieking
six year olds. A proud little boy was tearing birthday paper and holding
aloft a toy gun, one of the ones that kept going rat-a-tat-tat even after
you'd stood on it a couple of times. He was promptly removed of his burden
by his mother, who tucked the gun behind her chair. Logan went back to his
newspaper.
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Emma looked around at all the mess. Cake was everywhere and so were the balloons. Tommy's mom had ordered them special, extra big. Grinning Emma gave up at gazing at Tommy's presents and started to chase a big blue balloon.
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Theo walked out of the mall and glanced at the road in front of her. She was running before the woman started to scream.
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Logan dropped his paper a second before the woman overseeing the birthday party started shrieking, one of the kids was in the middle of the road holding and oversized blue balloon, there was a Mac truck about three meters away from her. With a dull certainty Logan knew he could never make it in time.
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Emma stared in terror at the giant grill roaring down on her; she barely registered the body flying into hers.
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Theo stared down at the little girl held tightly in her arms then up at the grill of the truck bearing down on them. It was less then half a meter away, there was no time to run. A man standing not to far from the kids' party table caught Theo's attention; she saw her terror reflected in his eyes. Wrapping her arms tighter around the child she lowered her head and waited.
.......
Logan watched as the girl grabbed the kid, he noted the length between the truck and them, a little less then half a meter. The girl turned and stared directly at him, her eyes showed pure terror. She broke contact and lowered her head, her body curling uselessly around the child's, trying to give her some form of protection from the forty-ton truck heading straight for them.
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The last thing Theo saw before the truck hit was the reflection of the sunlight on the giant blue balloon the kid was clutching.
.........
Emma looked around at all the mess. Cake was everywhere and so were the balloons. Tommy's mom had ordered them special, extra big. Grinning Emma gave up at gazing at Tommy's presents and started to chase a big blue balloon.
.........
Theo walked out of the mall and glanced at the road in front of her. She was running before the woman started to scream.
........
Logan dropped his paper a second before the woman overseeing the birthday party started shrieking, one of the kids was in the middle of the road holding and oversized blue balloon, there was a Mac truck about three meters away from her. With a dull certainty Logan knew he could never make it in time.
.........
Emma stared in terror at the giant grill roaring down on her; she barely registered the body flying into hers.
........
Theo stared down at the little girl held tightly in her arms then up at the grill of the truck bearing down on them. It was less then half a meter away, there was no time to run. A man standing not to far from the kids' party table caught Theo's attention; she saw her terror reflected in his eyes. Wrapping her arms tighter around the child she lowered her head and waited.
.......
Logan watched as the girl grabbed the kid, he noted the length between the truck and them, a little less then half a meter. The girl turned and stared directly at him, her eyes showed pure terror. She broke contact and lowered her head, her body curling uselessly around the child's, trying to give her some form of protection from the forty-ton truck heading straight for them.
...........
The last thing Theo saw before the truck hit was the reflection of the sunlight on the giant blue balloon the kid was clutching.