The dense grove, where branches intersected, allowed specks of moonlight to filter through and faintly lit the dark jungle.
The moment Willie Ash saw someone falling from above, he knew he had made a mistake.
He shouldn't have fired that shot.
The hillside was steep and high, covered with protruding rocks and prickly weeds. Falling from there was certainly no joke.
Everything happened too quickly for Flossie Wright to react. In the fleeting second as her body hung in mid-air, her instincts kicked in, frantically searching for obstacles to slow her descent, she simultaneously pulled out the military knife tucked in her waistband.
Amidst Janice Wood's cries, Flossie's body hit the hard hillside. The protruding rocks caused a searing pain on her skin, but her preparedness allowed her to use her palms to soften the blow slightly.
