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the side of the road, I relayed back to him that the nearing exit would probably be a safer place to stop. Mechanic Cousin swerved back on the road and took the next exit. The four of us pulled into the gas station to wait for Mechanic Cousin to fix the problem. Good thing we'd stopped for his tools, huh?

We'd all assumed that the accident had something to do with our current predicament. Of course that wasn't the case. Having just worked on the car, Mechanic Cousin decided to test the air conditioner. Hence the fluid and the smoke.

Mechanic Cousin got under the hood and determined the problem. Apparently he's a freaking genius when it comes to cars. Even with all of us standing over him, he was able to make some complex calculations on the fly to figure out how to repair it. The problem yes, another one he didn't have the part. He and Lawyer Cousin took Super Late Uncle's SUV to find an Autozone to get what he needed.

The rest of us were just left there to cool our heels not the easiest thing to do when it's still over 90 degrees at the gas station. We made the best of it. Mom and Skinny Uncle got a chance to talk and catch up. I hung with Engineer Cousin as always and others broke up in their usual groups.

We were all getting a little restless since it seemed that the Autozone Excursion was taking forever. Then we heard my mom scream Skinny Uncle's name. All of us raced over to see what happened and were stunned to see him lying motionless on the ground.

I ran in the gas station to get some ice while everyone else knelt around him trying to revive him. On the fly, I demanded that the attendant call 9-1-1 since none of our out of state phones could. She was startled, but quick to comply. I raced back outside just as my uncle was starting to come around.

It took almost all of us to keep him still on the ground. In his confusion, he fought to get up. I'm talking kicks and punches. We relented and let him sit up, but no farther. That's when we saw the huge knot on the back of his head. It was a little bloody and we determined that when he passed out, his head hit the raised curb causing the knot and the scrapes.

Shortly after we'd gotten him calmed and assured we weren't trying to hurt him, the ambulance arrived. To the wrong gas station. They parked at the gas station across the wide four lane highway and looked around confused. I couldn't cross, but I went to the edge of the road and waved my little heart out to get their attention. My Teacher Cousin and High School

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