" 'Saved your life again, tycoon,' Mando called back, jumping onto the bridge. It swung wildly with every step he took. 'Be careful!' Diego hollered. Mando turned around and let go of the guide rope - maybe to show off, maybe to wave. Diego never knew. For a long, terrible moment, Diego watched his friend waver, almost hover in the air, as if he was waiting for the Angel Gabriel to swoop down from heaven and carry him away. But the Angel was sleeping, again, and Diego's friend tumbled over the rope railing, and fell down, down and away. 'Mando!' Diego screamed, darting out to the edge of the ridge, his feet slipping and fumbling in the soft earth and loose stones. He saw his friend's body smashed on the river boulders deep in
" 'Saved your life again, tycoon,' Mando called back, jumping onto the bridge. It swung wildly with every step he took. 'Be careful!' Diego hollered. Mando turned around and let go of the guide rope - maybe to show off, maybe to wave. Diego never knew. For a long, terrible moment, Diego watched his friend waver, almost hover in the air, as if he was waiting for the Angel Gabriel to swoop down from heaven and carry him away. But the Angel was sleeping, again, and Diego's friend tumbled over the rope railing, and fell down, down and away. 'Mando!' Diego screamed, darting out to the edge of the ridge, his feet slipping and fumbling in the soft earth and loose stones. He saw his friend's body smashed on the river boulders deep in