Eleven, Twelve ... Dig and delve (Rebekka Franck Book 6) by Willow Rose Page B
Authors: Willow Rose
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David stopped suddenly and lit his cellphone. In the light, we saw Malene. She was standing in the tunnel, her back leaning up against the limestone wall with a terrified look on her blood-smeared face. Her eyes were fixated on something on the ground. In her hand, she was holding a cellphone.
David shone his light on the ground.
It was a body. Michael West’s dead body was lying in a pool of blood. His face and chest were full of holes.
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M ARTIN B USCK STOOD next to Ole Sigumfeldt while they watched the giant crane set the car on the ground and let go of it. Ole whimpered when he saw small hands knocking on the windows.
“I’m going in,” he said, and jumped the police blockage.
Martin watched as some officer tried to stop Ole from getting closer, but then let him go, once he realized it was his family that was in the car.
Ole ran around the edges of the hole and Martin’s heart pounded hard while watching him slip and slide down at one point, then pull himself up by a tree and get back on the unstable ground and keep running.
Martin put an arm around Mathilde and the baby, knowing he would have done the same for them.
Ole gesticulated and yelled at the firefighters and officers once he reached the car, and they let him open the door. Martin heard the boys scream.
“Daaaad!”
He pulled them out and hugged them, while crying heavily. Then he stopped. “Where are the others?” he asked. He looked at Jacob, the oldest, for answers. Jacob shook his head and cried.
“Where is Frederic? Where is Mom?”
Ole looked at the officers for answers. “Where is my wife? Tine? Frederic? Where are they?”
The officer next to him shook his head with a shrug. “We don’t know.”
“They fell in the hole, Dad,” Christian said, crying. He hadn’t let go of his father since he opened the door.
Jacob was crying and holding onto his father’s arm, leaning into his chest. “They…they just disappeared. One minute they were in the street because there had been an accident…then the next, they were gone, Dad. They vanished into the ground. I screamed, then tried to get them, but the car started moving as well. Then we fell. The car slid and spun around. Everything went dark inside the car. I tried to start it once it was still again. I tried to start it, so we could honk the horn, but it only worked for a little while, and I don’t think anyone could hear us. We were buried in that dirt, Daddy. It was so scary. We were really afraid.”
Ole hugged his son and kissed him again and again, then kissed Christian before he kissed Jacob again. Ole was crying, his body shaking.
Then there was a loud rumble. The earth shook for a little while, some of the edges of the hole started sliding again, and Martin took a step backwards. There was someone behind him, but he moved fast as well. The children started screaming again. An officer approached Ole. “We need to get you to safety. The hole is still evolving. It’s not safe here.”
“But…But…my wife, my other kid?”
“We’re doing the best we can, sir. Please, just get behind the blockage again. We’ll let you all know when there is news to tell. But you must…you must prepare yourself. It’s not good. They’ve been down there for many hours now. It is safe to say that not many can have survived this, if any at all.”
A loud sob rang through the crowd of spectators. One woman bent over and started crying. Martin looked at Mathilde, and their eyes met. Boy, it had been close. They almost lost everything. He tried to do as the officer had told them to. He tried to prepare himself for the fact that he might never see his brother again. His baby brother that he had adored ever since the day their mom brought him back from the hospital. His baby brother, who had always gotten himself into trouble, and whom he had helped out so many times he would never be able to pay him back.
Martin tried hard to imagine him being dead down there underground, but
David shone his light on the ground.
It was a body. Michael West’s dead body was lying in a pool of blood. His face and chest were full of holes.
34
M ARTIN B USCK STOOD next to Ole Sigumfeldt while they watched the giant crane set the car on the ground and let go of it. Ole whimpered when he saw small hands knocking on the windows.
“I’m going in,” he said, and jumped the police blockage.
Martin watched as some officer tried to stop Ole from getting closer, but then let him go, once he realized it was his family that was in the car.
Ole ran around the edges of the hole and Martin’s heart pounded hard while watching him slip and slide down at one point, then pull himself up by a tree and get back on the unstable ground and keep running.
Martin put an arm around Mathilde and the baby, knowing he would have done the same for them.
Ole gesticulated and yelled at the firefighters and officers once he reached the car, and they let him open the door. Martin heard the boys scream.
“Daaaad!”
He pulled them out and hugged them, while crying heavily. Then he stopped. “Where are the others?” he asked. He looked at Jacob, the oldest, for answers. Jacob shook his head and cried.
“Where is Frederic? Where is Mom?”
Ole looked at the officers for answers. “Where is my wife? Tine? Frederic? Where are they?”
The officer next to him shook his head with a shrug. “We don’t know.”
“They fell in the hole, Dad,” Christian said, crying. He hadn’t let go of his father since he opened the door.
Jacob was crying and holding onto his father’s arm, leaning into his chest. “They…they just disappeared. One minute they were in the street because there had been an accident…then the next, they were gone, Dad. They vanished into the ground. I screamed, then tried to get them, but the car started moving as well. Then we fell. The car slid and spun around. Everything went dark inside the car. I tried to start it once it was still again. I tried to start it, so we could honk the horn, but it only worked for a little while, and I don’t think anyone could hear us. We were buried in that dirt, Daddy. It was so scary. We were really afraid.”
Ole hugged his son and kissed him again and again, then kissed Christian before he kissed Jacob again. Ole was crying, his body shaking.
Then there was a loud rumble. The earth shook for a little while, some of the edges of the hole started sliding again, and Martin took a step backwards. There was someone behind him, but he moved fast as well. The children started screaming again. An officer approached Ole. “We need to get you to safety. The hole is still evolving. It’s not safe here.”
“But…But…my wife, my other kid?”
“We’re doing the best we can, sir. Please, just get behind the blockage again. We’ll let you all know when there is news to tell. But you must…you must prepare yourself. It’s not good. They’ve been down there for many hours now. It is safe to say that not many can have survived this, if any at all.”
A loud sob rang through the crowd of spectators. One woman bent over and started crying. Martin looked at Mathilde, and their eyes met. Boy, it had been close. They almost lost everything. He tried to do as the officer had told them to. He tried to prepare himself for the fact that he might never see his brother again. His baby brother that he had adored ever since the day their mom brought him back from the hospital. His baby brother, who had always gotten himself into trouble, and whom he had helped out so many times he would never be able to pay him back.
Martin tried hard to imagine him being dead down there underground, but
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