Detective Josie Quinn 09-Save Her Soul by Regan Lisa

Author:Regan, Lisa [Regan, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Serial Abductor, Suspense, American Suspense, Psychological Suspense, Police Procedural, Murder Investigation
ISBN: 9781838882310
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2020-08-11T18:30:00+00:00

TWENTY-SEVEN

In a twist of irony that Josie cared not to examine too closely, Sawyer Hayes was in one of the rescue boats that finally located them. The other boat, piloted and tended by city swiftwater rescue crew members Josie didn’t know by name, collected Vera and carried her off—to the morgue, Josie assumed. Sawyer helped Gretchen and then Josie down into the other boat. He averted his eyes from their naked legs but once they were fitted with life vests and tethered to the inside of the vessel, he flipped open a pouch in his vest and took out a small silver package with a blue wrapper. Josie recognized it immediately as an emergency Mylar blanket. It seemed like hours ago that her mind had disconnected from her body. Around the time her teeth started chattering. In reality, she had no idea how long they’d been in the tree. Sawyer took the blanket out and unfolded it, using two hands to shake it loose. As the boat operator steered them away from the trees and back to safety, Sawyer covered them with it, tucking its edges beneath them with care.

“Thank you,” Gretchen said.

Sawyer gave them a thumbs-up. Josie tried to smile. She wasn’t sure if her face worked or not, but he smiled back at her. She closed her eyes and let her head fall onto Gretchen’s shoulder.

The next hour was a blur. The rest of the city park had been swallowed up by the additional flooding, so a new boat ramp had been built closer to the command post. They were herded from the boat launch directly into the back of an ambulance where they were seated along the soft vinyl bench inside and wrapped in more blankets. At the hospital, they were put in the same curtained area, each assigned to a gurney. A nurse handed Josie a hospital gown and then dug one out of the linen cart for Gretchen. “You gals put these on. I’ll be right back.”

“I’m fine,” Josie said. “I just need pants… and a ride home.”

The nurse laughed. Gretchen was already dropping her wet jacket and shirt onto the nearby tray table and slipping into the gown. “Honey,” the nurse said to Josie, “your lips are blue, you’re soaked to the bone, and you’ve got a nasty laceration on your leg there.”

Josie looked down at her legs, for the first time noticing the large gash on the outside of her right thigh. “Shit,” she muttered.

The nurse patted the gurney. “How about some warm blankets? How’s that sound?”

Josie couldn’t argue with that.

Gretchen said, “Hell, yes.”

Two hours later, Josie dozed beneath three heated blankets. There were eight stitches in her thigh, and her hair was finally dry. Beside her, Gretchen slept deeply, her breath long and even, and her eyelids twitching periodically. Josie didn’t know how she could sleep so soundly. Every time Josie closed her eyes, she saw Vera’s lifeless body in the river.

The Chief’s voice startled them both fully awake. From somewhere on

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