Dodging Death

After a few hours of the nervous dance, the V5 race approaches.  This is the almost of import race of my flavor as well as mayhap my career.  Without a expert complete here, Kurt volition gain an insurmountable wages inwards points as well as my dream of winning ii championships inwards the same flavor volition hold out over.  Failure is non an alternative as well as if past times sheer strength of volition I tin strength the spark to throttle both plug gaps on that EX500 for viii lousy laps, consider it done.

I possess upwards one's heed to give the wheel a end visual inspection earlier the race.  As my eyes plough towards the chain, something seems out of place, missing.  Realization similar a stab to the guts when I figure out that the goddamn clip that holds the principal link inwards house is gone!  It must convey fallen off inwards practice, despite existence security wired as well as siliconed inwards place.

I holler for my brother, who is dozing inwards a chair, wiped out past times the mounting Georgia oestrus as well as humidity.  I don't know why I did this, it's non every bit if he tin help, or fifty-fifty knows where a spare principal link clip powerfulness be.  I throttle into the dorsum of the van as well as laid about tossing out parts bins.  I grab a modest time out as well as locate ane inwards the showtime bin I open.  It looks serviceable enough, at that topographic point is no fourth dimension to detect around other every bit the announcer makes showtime telephone telephone for my race.

I intermission for a moment, strength myself to breathe, knowing that the clip must hold out installed properly alongside care, lest I lose around other one.  I gently press the clip into house every bit my catch tries to pound its means upwards my throat.  It's a stark reminder of how modest the things are that continue us from disaster....had that principal link come upwards apart at that topographic point is no telling what could convey happened.  A modest tremble passes through my trunk despite the heat, every bit I strength the night thoughts from my mind.

"It is a foreign fate that nosotros should endure then much fearfulness as well as doubtfulness over then modest a thing.  Such a petty thing." -Boromir 

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