“We’ve got to get home before the goose melts.” There were plenty of things with which to be bewildered, but that statement wasn’t one of them; Tom Dyke was merely indicating the inconsistent state of frozen comestibles just purchased in the hypermarket, especially in view of the unseasonably hot weather.
I drove like a mad man (in as far as a woman can) wondering why I was risking our necks purely for the sake of freezer fodder. Tom was goading me, of course.
The G-force stuck our necks out, anyway.

“There’s more to safety at extreme speed because bad luck is pretty sick and cannot catch up.” – Rachel Mildeyes


(published 'Purple Patch' 1990)