Arlo Yarbrough stood still and burst into laughter, doubling over.
Dirk Carter scratched his head and asked, "What's so funny?"
"You... let me tell you... News from Fairview County says the dike, just over 6 kilometers long, has collapsed. The whole county's three towns are flooded, forcing at least seventy to eighty thousand people to evacuate. Now all the city's flood defense forces have been transferred to Fairview County. Kanes Bates, that bastard, tried to gain advantage but only ended up losing more. Now he's really going to have a hard time."
The news was indeed good.
But Dirk Carter couldn't bring himself to laugh.
Logically speaking, with such a narrow dike in Fairview County and it being regularly maintained over the years, a little care would have prevented this outcome.
No guessing needed to understand.
Kanes Bates was certain that Dirk Carter wouldn't be able to hold out.
As long as the dike in Goldridge County broke, the water levels would decrease.
