Lost Gems (Shark Key Adventures Book 4) by Chris Niles

Author:Chris Niles [Niles, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Six

Strong hands wrapped around her shoulders, pinning her arms, and pulling her out into the street. Seagull calls were drowned out by sirens wailing in the distance, growing louder. Closer.

The pavement felt rough and hot under her thighs. Hands. Armpits. Bent knees. She was in the air again, backward. Gold and pink clouds floated in blue above a stoplight glowing in the sky. Then more bodies. Dark blue uniformed shirts. Bright light in one eye, then the other. A muffled voice.

“Ma’am. Ma’am. Can you tell me your name?”

She blinked a few times, fighting to clear her mind and remember. “Kate. Kate Kingsbury. My name is Kate.”

“And the driver? What’s his name?”

Her head jerked to the side and she fought to sit up. “Tony! Where’s Tony? Is he hurt?”

“Do you remember what happened, ma’am?”

More sirens wailed as Kate tried to access her memory. A streak of makeup. A mirror. A crash. “No. I… was looking in the mirror. Not … Tony!”

“The EMTs are with him now. We’re gonna get both of you over to the hospital for a check—”

She reached to rub her right shoulder, then jerked away from her own touch.

“Yeah, you’ve got a nasty bruise starting and a little friction burn from the seatbelt. You’ll probably have the same on your hip. But it looks like your seat was back far enough that the airbag didn’t break your nose. The doctors will want to check you out more thoroughly, but I think you’re gonna be all right.”

“What about Tony? I need—”

“Shhh, I can check on him, but I need you to stay right here, okay?” The man turned to his partner. “Keep her calm, don’t let her move. I’ll go check on the driver.”

Kate tried to sit up, but the uniformed woman gently held her to the sidewalk. “Kate, I need you to stay still until we know you don’t have any serious injuries, okay?”

She flopped back on the rough sidewalk and blinked up into the sky. Everything was a blur. They’d been talking about Danny. Driving. The stupid mascara. And Tony. Those sunglasses, his loose blonde curls and neatly trimmed 3-day stubble. His soft, patient smile.

If he was hurt. If he was dead? Her breath stopped halfway into her lungs, her throat tight. She tried to roll, but the EMT held her. She forced more air into her lungs, then counted as she pushed it back out into the universe, watching as a gull landed on the horizontal bar of the stoplight, and the light turned from green to yellow to red. Finally, the other EMT crouched beside her, blocking the bright sun.

“Kate, Tony’s going to be okay. It looks like he’s got a concussion and probably a broken nose. The airbag hit him pretty hard. But he’s awake and alert. We’re gonna take him back to the hospital to get a more thorough checkout. They’re loading him now, and we’ll get you into the bus in just a minute. Is there anyone we can call for you? Family or neighbors, maybe?”

Kate started to shake her head, then paused.

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