Re: Pat Ritter. Books
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2018 10:54 pm
'Confessions of an alcoholic' - Page 33:
‘I haven’t yet.’ he told her, as she sat beside him in the front seat of the car. He was about to drive off, when he released the clutch too soon, and caused the vehicle to stall. It stalled on the road at a steep climb. Bundy didn’t know what to do. He’d seen his father clutch start the car before, by leaving the ignition on, and placed the car into reverse gear, releasing the clutch when the car was going fast enough, to start the engine.
By the time he tried to put his foot onto the clutch, the car was reversing out of control, back down the road swerving from one side of the road to the other where he had come from. It was lucky the car didn’t overturn.
He tried to look back to see where he was going, at the same time trying to put the car into reverse gear and have his foot on the accelerator. Suddenly the car hit the kerbing and rolled onto the footpath, narrowly missing scrubs growing nearby.
As the car-gathered speed backwards going down the hill, Bundy released the clutch, causing the motor to come alive. His heart beat almost out of his chest, when his mother screamed, ‘Stop the car - Stop the car. I want to get out. I’ll walk home. It’s safer.’
The car came to a standstill. Bundy was relieved to have stopped the car without causing too much chaos. Slowly, he gathered his wits, carefully driving around the streets near to his home. All he wanted to do was to keep his mother away from home, until his father fell to sleep. After awhile his mother wanted to return home.
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‘I haven’t yet.’ he told her, as she sat beside him in the front seat of the car. He was about to drive off, when he released the clutch too soon, and caused the vehicle to stall. It stalled on the road at a steep climb. Bundy didn’t know what to do. He’d seen his father clutch start the car before, by leaving the ignition on, and placed the car into reverse gear, releasing the clutch when the car was going fast enough, to start the engine.
By the time he tried to put his foot onto the clutch, the car was reversing out of control, back down the road swerving from one side of the road to the other where he had come from. It was lucky the car didn’t overturn.
He tried to look back to see where he was going, at the same time trying to put the car into reverse gear and have his foot on the accelerator. Suddenly the car hit the kerbing and rolled onto the footpath, narrowly missing scrubs growing nearby.
As the car-gathered speed backwards going down the hill, Bundy released the clutch, causing the motor to come alive. His heart beat almost out of his chest, when his mother screamed, ‘Stop the car - Stop the car. I want to get out. I’ll walk home. It’s safer.’
The car came to a standstill. Bundy was relieved to have stopped the car without causing too much chaos. Slowly, he gathered his wits, carefully driving around the streets near to his home. All he wanted to do was to keep his mother away from home, until his father fell to sleep. After awhile his mother wanted to return home.
To purchase this book: click here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/7688.