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Fuck.
The dread hit me like a freight train right to the chest, as I forced myself to just sit back into the seat. If the Tahoe started to be swept away, I would take my chances by jumping into the waters, but otherwise...
I had to wait.
Just like last time.
Digging my phone out of my pocket, I lit up the screen, still seeing that it had no service. I wasn’t sure if it was the storm or just my shitty old phone, but it felt as though someone had cut my lifeline, sending me out lost at sea.
But then I saw headlights.
Multiple vehicle headlights.
I leaned out of the window, waving my arm with my lit phone screen at them. I didn’t carewhoit was. Even if it wasn’t Wade, I knew that if they saw me, they could call for help. However, as the three trucks came to a stop at the edge of the water, everything was illuminated in front of me.
And Wade stepped out of the closest truck.
“It looks like the whole road gave,” he shouted back to one of the other vehicles. “I don’t know how we’re going to get to her.”
As I squinted into the darkness, I saw two people unloading something out of the back of one of the other trucks. It took me a minute to make out what I was seeing, but after a few long moments of making out the silhouette, I recognized it.
A boat.
“You okay, Chey?” Wade shouted to me, his face lit up by the truck's headlights.
“Yeah,” I called back, my hands cupped around my mouth to help the sound carry. “The water is sweeping the car away.”
“I know, but we’ll be there in just a minute.” His voice sounded confident, but the worry written all over his face wasn’t as convincing. He turned away from me, joining who I realized was Blake and his dad, carrying the boat to the flood waters. Wade ran back toward the truck, ripping open one of the back doors and pulling out a line of heavy rope or cord.
I felt the Tahoe shift a little more as I kept my eyes focused on the three of them. Wade tossed the end of it to his dad, who tied it to something on the small flat bottom boat. Wade took the other end and hooked it to the front bumper of the farm truck.
“You think it’ll hold?” Wade shouted over the downpour.
“I think we’re gonna just have to trust that it will.” His dad tugged on the rope, before gesturing for Wade to climb in. “We’ll push you into the water. The current should run you right into the Tahoe, then we’ll pull you out.”
“I don’t fucking like this plan,” Blake yelled over the noise.
“It’s the only one we have,” Wade argued. “We don’t have time to wait on anyone else. This is going to have to work.” He looked up at me as they shoved the boat into the water.
I caught my breath as the fast current immediately sent the boat lurching toward me.
There was no way I could’ve swam against that.
I shifted in the seat, my stomach feeling sick as I prepared myself to climb out of the window and into the boat. However, it moved hard and fast, the front of it slamming into the Tahoe. Even though the boat was light, the impact was enough to send us both forward another few feet.
“It’s okay,” Wade called up to me, his eyes holding mine. “Worst case scenario, if the Tahoe starts moving again, just jump into the boat.”
I nodded as he scooted forward, using the Tahoe to help him turn the boat parallel with the vehicle.
And finally, he was right there, his hand landing on mine. “All right, let’s go.”
“Okay,” I mumbled, climbing out of the car and into the boat. It rocked under the shifting weight, but Wade remained balanced, sitting me down as soon as I was in.
And then the Tahoe shifted again, this time going a solid twenty feet from where we were at, held by the end of the rope.
“Never a moment too soon.” Wade chuckled, though I could see the worry on his face. “I swear, I’m almost always too late.”
I shivered, my teeth chattering as the truck began to back up, pulling us to safety. “If you ask me, that means that you’re just right on time.”
