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For Love Or Money - Chapter 7
Nancy knew that hitting the brakes would do her no good at all . She turned the wheel hard to the right, taking the car in the direction it was already going, knowing that the only way to right her skid with three wheels was to use the Mustang's natural momentum .
Car brakes screeched all around her, horns sounded, and pedestrians ran for safety as Nancy's car careened across the intersection . Her maneuvering caused the car to swerve to the right of the telephone pole and jump up onto a broad, empty sidewalk . It hit a garbage can with a loud bang, spun around twice, and came to rest just inches short of three terrified passerby .
As soon as her heart was beating normally again, Nancy hopped out of the vehicle and rushed to see that the three pedestrians were all right . They seemed to be merely shaken up . They were a little angry until they saw that one of the car's wheels had come completely off . The lone wheel now lay on the other side of the wide avenue .
Traffic had come to a complete halt, and a police siren sounded nearby . People were talking excitedly about the accident, and Nancy was just glad to be alive . She knew very well how close she had come to dying ---- or to killing somebody else .
A squad car pulled up, and a young police officer she happened to know got out and came over to her . "What happened, miss ---- why, Nancy ---- it's you !"
"Hi, Officer Kelly," Nancy said . "One of my wheels came right off the axle . Lucky thing nobody was hurt ."
"I'll say," said the officer, scribbling in a notepad . Whipping out his walkie-talkie, he called headquarters, then put in a call for a tow truck .
Nancy bent down to look at her axle . It seemed to have survived the skid pretty much intact . She couldn't see anything wrong with it at first glance .
"You ought to keep that car in better shape, Nancy," Officer Kelly scolded her .
"But I do," Nancy protested . "I mean, I did . Just last month I had it tuned up and inspected ."
"Hmm," the officer said, bending down to examine the axle himself .
Glancing down the street, Nancy saw the tow truck coming . She crossed the avenue and rolled the wheel back across to her car .
"This is so weird," she said as a gangly young guy with long, greasy hair got...
Car brakes screeched all around her, horns sounded, and pedestrians ran for safety as Nancy's car careened across the intersection . Her maneuvering caused the car to swerve to the right of the telephone pole and jump up onto a broad, empty sidewalk . It hit a garbage can with a loud bang, spun around twice, and came to rest just inches short of three terrified passerby .
As soon as her heart was beating normally again, Nancy hopped out of the vehicle and rushed to see that the three pedestrians were all right . They seemed to be merely shaken up . They were a little angry until they saw that one of the car's wheels had come completely off . The lone wheel now lay on the other side of the wide avenue .
Traffic had come to a complete halt, and a police siren sounded nearby . People were talking excitedly about the accident, and Nancy was just glad to be alive . She knew very well how close she had come to dying ---- or to killing somebody else .
A squad car pulled up, and a young police officer she happened to know got out and came over to her . "What happened, miss ---- why, Nancy ---- it's you !"
"Hi, Officer Kelly," Nancy said . "One of my wheels came right off the axle . Lucky thing nobody was hurt ."
"I'll say," said the officer, scribbling in a notepad . Whipping out his walkie-talkie, he called headquarters, then put in a call for a tow truck .
Nancy bent down to look at her axle . It seemed to have survived the skid pretty much intact . She couldn't see anything wrong with it at first glance .
"You ought to keep that car in better shape, Nancy," Officer Kelly scolded her .
"But I do," Nancy protested . "I mean, I did . Just last month I had it tuned up and inspected ."
"Hmm," the officer said, bending down to examine the axle himself .
Glancing down the street, Nancy saw the tow truck coming . She crossed the avenue and rolled the wheel back across to her car .
"This is so weird," she said as a gangly young guy with long, greasy hair got...
