And then he did exactly that. He climbed into the truck bed, pulled out a weathered paperback, and began to read. The rain started ten minutes later. For the next sixty minutes, chaos reigned. Mack, frustrated and soaked, tried to loosen lug nuts that hadn't been turned in three years. He didn't know about the trick—standing on the wrench, using body weight. He just pulled, swore under his breath, and slipped in the mud.
Thomas didn't look up from his book. "You said 'we.' Mack is doing the tire. You're doing the map. I'm doing my reading. What's the problem?" mack and jeff dad---------s tough love 1
He realized his dad wasn't going to save them. Not because he didn't love them, but because he had already decided that this was the day they would learn to save themselves. At the 55-minute mark, Mack stopped trying to brute-force the lug nuts. He watched the way the wrench slipped. Then he remembered a YouTube video Jeff had shown him about leverage. He found a heavy rock, placed the wrench at a specific angle, and jumped with all his weight. And then he did exactly that
He paused.
"No," Thomas said. "You won't get the jack. You will change the tire." For the next sixty minutes, chaos reigned