Ashes - Book 2 (New Adult Romantic Suspense) by Johnson Leslie

Author:Johnson, Leslie [Johnson, Leslie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: new adult romance suspense erotica
Publisher: Atrevida Publishing
Published: 2015-07-16T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9 — Gage

This is bad. No, this is really bad. The first thing I notice is a shock absorber and wheel a hundred yards from the overturned … Nissan? Ford? I can’t even tell, it’s crushed and twisted so badly. The car looks like it’s been through a scrap yard, looking like a rectangular pancake. The debris field is a good twenty yards long and covers all three lanes on Eastern.

“No kids, please,” I say under my breath. I can’t handle losing a kid today. Adults are bad enough. Kids take a piece of your soul with them.

I quickly take in the rest of the scene. A Mercedes is at an angle, but appears relatively intact. Road is wet. Gasoline — terrific. Smoke — of course. Plus, a crowd is already gathering — people seem to be hypnotized and drawn to tragic events.

“Fuck. This is not good,” Ken says grimly as we skid to a stop and he gets ready to hop out of the cabin. “I give it two percent survival rate.”

I don’t say it, but I think he’s being generous. Now, the horrible question. How many died today?

I jump from the truck, rush to the back and start pulling out the hose to dampen the source of that smoke. Truck two is dumping solidifiers onto the gasoline to help neutralize that danger. Police are here, pushing back the crowd and giving us room to work. Sarah, another police officer, is spray painting the road, quickly marking the position of the car for later forensics. Everyone here has a job to do and a reason for doing it.

Hose under my arm and Ken at my back, we haul ass toward the car. I’m still searching for the source of the smoke when I see it … a hand sticking out of a window. No. A hand and a foot.

Holy shit. The hand is moving.

“Life,” I yell and paramedics dive into the scene. We’ve got to get them out. Give them a chance. If they can survive the impact, we’ve got to give them the opportunity to live.

“Gage!” Captain Frank yells over the noise. “Get the jacks and cribbing material. We need to stabilize the car.”

Handing the hose off to Jeff, I rush back to grab the hydraulic jacks, motioning for Sawyer to come over. “Grab some cribbing and follow me.” Sawyer just transferred from California, so he needs a little guidance, but grabs the straps from the pile of wood as soon as I point him to the correct compartment.

Back at the car, I see that Engine 3 has arrived. I hear Captain Frank order wire cutters and the Jaws of Life — both spreaders and cutters. I agree with him. We’ll definitely need both.

“Gage, jack up the front a bit.”

I’m already on it, getting the jack under what used to be the hood and wheel well and start to slowly lift. Sawyer is nearby, adding the cribbing to stop the car from spinning or sliding away.

Octavio and

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