CityView Magazine - Fayetteville, NC
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Cit yV iewN C.co m | 9 went. All seemed right with the world. Our driveway is a long one when measured from front steps out to its confluence with Middle Road. Once there, you are in the very middle of an arc that bends sharply to the right when you turn le toward Mickey and Linda Kimbel's house. at is the way Harry was headed, but perhaps just a bit too fast. When he turned le onto Middle Road at the pace he did and at the angle the road required, his water bottle rolled off the seat into the passenger side floor board. What he did next was definitely a mistake. Harry decided to retrieve the water bottle while still heading in the direction of the Kimbels' mailbox. Harry leaned to his right to pick up the water bottle. Unwittingly, he took the steering wheel with him when he leaned. His fingers wrapped around the plastic bottle, and Harry popped back up into driving position. What he saw in front of him was a terrible sight – it was the Kimbels' mailbox directly in front of the middle of his hood. e mailbox was standing still, but the car was hurtling forward at an unstoppable rate of speed. Harry swerved to the right, intending to drive into the Kimbels' front yard instead of over their mailbox. e problem with that was one of topography. Our hometown of Eastover is for the most part flat. So the whole area contains a series of drainage ditches dug in strategic places throughout the settlement of the township. One of those ditches sits just to the right of the Kimbels' mailbox. Harry did not miss that mailbox. He destroyed it. In addition, he piled Wanda's car into that ditch such that only the far side of the ditch stopped it from turning over. FIRE, WATER & STORM DAMAGE REPAIR Recognized as one of the top Restoration Contractors in the U.S. Serving Southeastern North Carolina with offices in Wilmington, Fayetteville and Raleigh. 24/7 Emergency Service Insurance Claims Specialists Full Service Restoration and Renovation Locally Owned and Operated Since 1981 910.485.6738 TeamHighland.com Visit the Highland Design Center located at 1409 Clinton Road in Fayetteville. Highland offers a wide variety of indoor and outdoor cabinets, flooring, countertops, and wall coverings. FDIC INSURED All we see is you , NOW TRUIST