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They nodded “Okay I’oing to be scary, but you girls are badasses like your uncle You’ll be okay”

They nodded again in unison, and I was very close to throwing up I literally tasted the bile co up the back of my throat

I broke the

Water rushed in way faster than I ever thought it would, filling every single nook, cranny, and spare space that there was

It was athat wasn’t directly in front of me

Praying that I’d done the correct thing and that I could hold on to the current, I reached for their hands “Hold your breath, and let’s go!”

I probably should’ve waited until it was filled completely

But I wasn’t used to waiting like I was supposed to

I was used to doing

And thatthe fuck out of the water as fast as I could

With both of their hands clutching o, we forced our way out of the

Water i at first because I got turned upside doith the weight of the girls, causing htly

But then I finally found where I needed to be facing and swam up hard

My legs burned as if fire were licking through et out of this alive, the girls happy and healthy, too, that I would work out with Will at least three times a week

Luckily, we asped as our heads came above water

“Cannel!”

I blinked open my eyes and stared into Ashlie’s terrified ones

I kicked h that we could breathe, then started to look for a way to get out of the river

With a quick glance around, I realized that I had no clue how far we’d floated downstream

It could be a few yards, or it could be miles

I didn’t know

But what I did knoas that I was going to get us back to shore

And that was exactly what I did

I swa that had fallen, the branches of the trees now dragging in the water

“Hang on!” I cried and caught ahold of the branch

The knobby tree li into my palms painfully, but I held on, and was rewarded when the tree held our coht

“Made it!” I cried “Girls, reach for a branch and try to pull yourselves to shore”