I am with my brother and a woman, possibly his wife, in a car. My brother is driving. I am in the front passenger’s seat. The woman is in the back.
It is dark outside. We are driving on a curvy country road. There is a river to our right.
There is a large pick-up truck in front of us. In the back there is a little girl. She is four or five years old, very young. She is walking around in the back of the truck. This upsets my brother terribly. She is clearly in an unsafe situation.
Much to my brother’s horror, the little girl gets up on the edge of the tailgate of the truck and begins walking back and forth. She wobbles and almost falls out of the truck.
My brother speeds up to pass the truck. He is very angry. The girl falls out of the back of the truck onto the road next to our car just as my brother manages to cut off the driver of the truck and bring him to a stop. The little girl is scared but she is unhurt and is safe. My brother has saved her life.
Then just my brother and I are in the car. He is still driving and is still very angry about the incident with the little girl. He spins the car around and begins driving in the opposite direction. He speeds up. The road is slick with a light rain. He rounds a right turn too fast and we slide into the guard rail. I’m freaked out and ask him to slow down so we don’t end up in the river.
Just as I’m saying that, we break through the guard rail and plunge down the embankment. I black out.
I wake up with water up to my chest and realize that we are in the river and sinking quickly. My brother has hit his head on the steering wheel and is unconscious. I shake him and yell at him that we have to get out of the car. He doesn’t respond.
I manage to get out of my seatbelt, and I get him out of his seatbelt. I roll down a window and try to drag him out of the car.
Next thing I know I’m in a warm bed wrapped in thick, soft blankets. I’m still a bit wet, but I’m warming up and feeling all right. My brother is in the bed next to me. He is all wrapped up too and he looks fine.
We smile at each other and I feel closer to him than I ever have.
