If She Ran (Martina Monroe Book 2) by H.K. Christie

Author:H.K. Christie [Christie, H.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Keekstar Media
Published: 2021-09-11T16:00:00+00:00

26

Detective Hirsch

I hit the ground after the loud crack. From the floor, I looked over and saw Martina on top of Jordan. His lawyer in his expensive suit lay face down. I pulled my cell phone out of my pocket and dialed 9-1-1. We couldn't let this piece of scum die.

"Nine one one, what is your emergency?"

"This is Detective Hirsch from the CoCo County Sheriff's Department. I'm at the address of seven twenty-four Bangle Drive in Los Angeles, California. We have at least one gunshot victim. He's bleeding out." I lowered the phone. "Is anybody else hurt?"

His lawyer said, "I'm fine."

"Martina?"

"I'm fine. It's just Jordan. It's bad."

"Just one person shot. Please bring an ambulance as soon as possible. The shooter's whereabouts are unknown."

I slowly climbed to my knees and glanced around. "The shot came through the window from the backyard. I'm going to pursue the suspect on foot." I hung up and ran out the back door, hoping to get a glimpse of the gunman.

The backyard was empty, but the side gate was open. I continued running down the street and spotted a man approximately six feet tall, wearing dark pants and a black hoodie jump into a dark sedan. I increased my pace to a sprint to get a license plate number. It was no use. He was gone.

I ran back to the house and reentered the backyard, searching for any evidence the shooter had been there. A shell casing, a cigarette butt or anything, really. But at first glance, I didn't see anything. The Crime Scene Unit should arrive any minute. I'd let them go through the area with a fine-toothed comb. Dang. It was broad daylight. Somebody had to have seen something.

I hurried back into the house. "How's he doing?"

Martina glanced over her shoulder. "He's losing a lot of blood. I'm trying to stop it, but he'll likely need to go into surgery."

"The shooter is gone," I said before I ran into the bathroom and pulled the towel from the rack and handed it to Martina. "Here, use this."

She replaced the blood-soaked towel with the fresh one. The wound in his chest was bad. The sound of sirens was growing closer. Hopefully, they would be able to save Jordan. He was our best witness and without his cooperation, we were going to have a heck of hard time finding those women.

After the ambulance and a police escort took Jordan away, I stayed behind with Martina to explain to the local PD what had just happened at Jordan Day's home.

Martina's entire top half was covered in blood, as well as the knee area of her black trousers. The detective in charge, Detective Black, said, "Looks like you may have saved his life."

"I hope so. We came a long way to get answers out of this guy."

I then explained the case and the need for police protection at the hospital.

"I read the file you sent over. Day surely knows some valuable information. Taking out a guy in broad daylight is pretty brazen," Detective Black commented.

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