Desperate Rescue by Barbara Phinney

Author:Barbara Phinney [Phinney, Barbara]
Format: epub
Tags: American Light Romantic Fiction, Romance: Modern, General, Romance, Fiction, Fiction - Romance, Romance - General, Romantic suspense fiction, Suspense, Christian, Religious - General, Christian - Romance, Religious, Christian - Suspense, Christian fiction, Cults, Murder, American Mystery & Suspense Fiction, Sisters, Occult
ISBN: 9780373442607
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2007-09-11T23:11:12.687000+00:00

Kaylee had seen enough doctors since she escaped from the compound. The doctor that the police ordered and then several in the last two weeks alone. They all meant well, all gave her sound advice, but she was sick of being poked and prodded and questioned.

But she was secretly glad Eli was now driving her into the city. She wouldn’t waste an ambulance and didn’t see that she needed one. But now, over an hour after Eli had found her, nearly to the hospital in Fredericton, she found herself wilting exceptionally fast.

Following her directions, Eli sped up toward the emergency room’s entrance. An ambulance was just pulling out, its lights still winking. The streets all over the city were drenched and deserted, but the hospital was buzzing.

Eli got her in and registered. The clerk informed them that parts of the city were without power and several nursing homes were being evacuated—some of the residents were ending up at the hospital.

“We’ll try to get you in as soon as possible,” she told Kaylee with a sympathetic smile.

True to her word, the clerk called out her name a few minutes later. Eli went in with Kaylee, a fact that she was glad for. The doctor examined her. Her head wound was nothing serious, though she was given a list of things to watch out for. Then he checked all her vitals, saying in the end that it was the rubber boots that kept her from being a better conductor. Although only a few milliamperes could kill, she appeared to have a higher resistance than most.

“Perhaps it’s your lack of body fat. You are one lucky woman,” he said as he finished his exam.

“Luck had nothing to do with it,” Eli stated after the doctor left.

She let him help her off the exam table. “Eli, how can I be grateful that God saved my life, when He could have prevented the accident in the first place?”

He said nothing, but held her hand. Then, a moment later, he pulled her into a tight embrace. Talking into her hair, he said, “There are a hundred answers to that question, Kaylee. And every one of them valid and worth saying. But would you believe them?”

“Maybe.”

“If you were told by someone that you’d get hurt if you went to work today, would you listen to that person and not go to work?”

She lifted her head from his shoulder, meeting his still, soft blue eyes. “It depends on who it was.”

“Only a very trusted friend would be able to convince you to stay home, right?”

“Yes.”

“Is there anyone in Riverline that you can call a really close, trusted friend?”

She stared down at his jacket, thinking. “Lois cares for me, but she has her family. I have friends back home. Good, trustworthy friends. But, no, no one living in Riverline I would call a really trusted friend.”

She dared a look into his face, to somehow measure his sincerity. He wasn’t smiling. In fact, in the examination room, where the lights were coldly fluorescent, his features looked pale and drawn.

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