What Really Happened To Pam? - Part II (Excerpt)
The Freezer
“ When I say “the freezer”, I use that term loosely. Very loosely. This was no modern day Betsy, far from it. This was a relic manufactured by GE in ’47. Never been serviced, damned low on freon, and as you might have already surmised by now, it had been over-used for some 26 years, run nearly to death. Just barely cool was all she could muster, and she held at around 40 degrees. If it had been working, Pam would surely have been dead in the hour since Jerry had opened the freezer lid.
Pa and Grandpa bought it third hand back in ’59, when old man Carver, the butcher from over in Elgin, “went and got hit by a train.” His pick-up died on the tracks, and he got slammed smack dab in the side by the Santa Fe Freight Evening Express. The Eagle Eye driving the train saw him way too late to stop, and as the whistle screamed bloody murder, Eugene Carver frantically tried to get the engine to turn over, but he was too old to make any fast moves, and as the sun set, the line of 2 engines, 28 freight cars, and a caboose, set his fate in stone. It pushed him and the pick-up nearly a half mile, before finally coming to a stop.
Carver’s favorite hunting hound, Petey, who was traveling in the back, had jumped out just in time. After the impact, Petey chased the train and his master all the way, until it moaned and spewed to a screeching halt, sparks flying everywhere. Petey was running back and forth wildly, around what was left of the truck, barking and yelping. They found Carver, with Petey licking blood off his face and whimpering, trying to bring his old buddy back to life. True story.
When Pa and Grandpa drove over to Elgin to pick up the old freezer and bring it back to the Sawyer house, Petey was barking pretty much non stop from the very moment the Sawyer truck turned into the Carver’s long dirt driveway. He followed Mrs. Carver out to meet the miserable, stinking Sawyer duo, and trusted neither of them one iota. When Grandpa went to hand the two sweaty 20 dollar bills, and 2 crinkled 5’s to Mozelle Carver, Petey almost bit his hand off. She had to lock Petey up while they loaded the deep freeze into the back of the pick-up. Dogs smell evil, they don’t have to guess. Both Petey and Mozelle were glad to see the mongrels leave. She didn’t like that crooked, smirk smile, “Red” Pa Sawyer kept giving her. It gave her “the willies,” she later told reporters.”
By: Yours Truly - Pam
aka Teri McMinn @chainsawgal
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