Deadly Escape: A Shelby Nichols Adventure (Shelby Nichols Adventures Book 11) by Colleen Helme

Author:Colleen Helme [Helme, Colleen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Ramos grabbed my hand and pulled me toward the Potomac River. With less than ninety seconds left on the timer, I wasn’t sure we could make it, but we had to try.

As we passed Sloan and the agents, Ramos yelled his plan to them. I heard one of them thinking that it would take a miracle to make it. Then I heard a familiar voice saying, “Allez, allez, allez! You can do it, Chérie!” Gabriel was here, and my heart swelled with hope.

As each second ticked away, I ran faster than I thought possible, keeping up with Ramos. We ran across two streets, finally coming to the grass at the edge of the slope, and plunged into the river. Ramos dragged me into the water, sloshing through the shallow edges.

At thirty seconds left on the timer, we’d gotten deep enough that the water covered my chest and the vest, but it was still ticking. “We have to get deeper to break the signal,” Ramos said. “Put your arms around my waist.”

He turned his back to me, and I wrapped my arms around his middle. Taking a deep breath, Ramos dove below the surface, kicking frantically to take us into the murky depths. I squeezed my eyes tightly and held my breath, hoping beyond hope that this would work.

Touching the bottom, Ramos turned me in his arms. With my hair floating around me, I could barely see the glowing red timer with the seconds ticking by. All at once, the light went out. It stopped! Air rushed out of my lungs, and I had to quell the urge to inhale the water.

Struggling to hold my breath, I kicked upward. Ramos pushed off the bottom, grabbing me around the waist, and kicked hard to the surface. My head broke through the water, and I gasped in big gulps of air.

Ramos bobbed in the water beside me, breathing heavily. We both glanced at the timer to make sure it didn’t come back on. Nothing happened, and I turned toward Ramos, my heart bursting with relief. “We did it!”

I let out an astonished laugh, and he caught me in his arms, grinning with relief. “That was close,” he said, shaking his head with wonder that we’d pulled it off.

“You saved me.” My eyes filled with tears, even as I smiled, and I choked out a sob. “Thank you.” On impulse, I placed my hands on his face and kissed him full on the lips. He froze with surprise. Then he kissed me back, hugging me tight, and the world went still as we sank beneath the water.

Out of air, we pulled apart to kick back to the surface. Breaking through, I laughed with joy, and my tears mingled with the river water. Ramos grabbed me in a hug, and we bobbed up and down a few times, then glanced at our surroundings.

It surprised me to find we were in the middle of the river and downstream from where we’d started. Several people followed us along the bank.

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