Playing With Fire: inspirational romantic suspense (Montana Fire Book 2) by Susan May Warren

Author:Susan May Warren [Warren, Susan May]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: SDG Publishing
Published: 2016-07-04T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

I promise.

Conner’s words hung in Liza’s mind as she stood on the ledge watching the EMT from PEAK Rescue load Shep into the rescue litter. With little room on the outcropping, only the female EMT and Pete remained to worked the litter, both of them attached to the chopper above by the hoist cable.

Liza and Conner had climbed back up to the cliff edge as soon as the chopper arrived. Apparently, Pete knew the folks from PEAK Rescue. He’d introduced the woman as Jess. Liza hadn’t gotten a good look at the woman, other than her blonde hair pulled into a tight nub just below her helmet, but she seemed strong and no-nonsense like, taking control from Conner almost immediately.

Conner’s smokejumper pal CJ had joined them, along with Skye, and frankly, Liza couldn’t figure out why they were all still standing here. Conner had his map open a few feet away, crouched on the rock, holding it down with his knees. Skye held down the other side as he studied the route of the Bull River.

Apparently intent on keeping his promise.

Probably only Liza knew the effort it had taken for Conner to say that.

The chopper hovered some fifty yards above, the rotors whisking the needles from the trees, the wash so loud they couldn’t hear the commands the EMTs shouted to each other. Pete used hand signals to respond to Jess’s directions.

Just a few feet away, Dr. Billings and the two rangers—a thirty-something woman with short brown hair and her counterpart, a thicker man in his mid-fifties—were engineering a return ride to camp once they hiked back to the ridge.

None of the searchers had seen a trace of the grizzly.

It didn’t mean the animal wasn’t lurking nearby, however.

Dr. Billings had added nearly nothing to Shep’s emergency care—especially when they discovered his specialty was dermatology. But he’d paced, barked orders, and generally behaved like a distraught father, and that had Liza’s heart softening.

No one escaped suffering when seeing their child hurt.

She didn’t hear Conner step up beside her, what with the spectacle of the chopper hoisting the litter up, Jess affixed to the rig. The EMT climbed into the chopper and pulled the litter in.

“They’ll take him to Kalispell Regional Medical Center. Calling the chopper in was the right call,” Conner said.

The chopper moved off, ascending as it followed the river east, toward Kalispell.

Pete climbed up the cliff, belayed by CJ.

Dr. Billings stopped as he turned to climb the hill back to the trail above. He ignored Liza but stuck out his hand to Conner. “Thank you.”

Conner met his grip, glanced at Liza. “She helped him just as much as I did.”

Clearly his words fell on deaf ears, because Billings barely cast a glance at Liza as he moved away.

“He’s just upset,” Conner said, apparently feeling the need to defend the man. “I remember the first time I broke my arm—I was riding a four-wheeler, took a turn too fast, and down I went. My dad completely lost it—drove to the hospital like a maniac.

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