Princess of the Plains by Katherine Rhodes

Author:Katherine Rhodes [Rhodes, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

“Fatima!”

Lucy came running up the street to where they were loading Tate into the ambulance.

Fatima had been pushed back away from him, as they had to put the pressure cast on Tate’s leg so he didn’t bleed out. He was conscious, but barely, and his blood pressure was low. He drifted, but never quite went all the way down into unconsciousness. She was grateful for that, and she was glad that she could hold his hand in moments of quiet around him.

Plowing through everyone standing around, Lucy managed to cut through and get to Fatima standing at the side of the door. She looked at it and then at the tech. “Saint David’s North Austin, right?”

The EMT nodded and pulled the door out of her hand. “Leaving now.”

“Can’t I—” Lucy started.

Lucy cut her off. “I’ll take you. We’ll be right behind.”

The techs jumped in the front and they pulled the ambulance forward, the crowd lurching out of the way. Lucy shoved a phone into her hand and pulled her toward her own car, helping her into the passenger seat.

“Hello? Hello!” Reg’s voice was in her ear.

“Reg.” Fatima look a moment to realize what was going on. “Tate’s been in an accident. He flipped over and they’re taking him to the hospital now.”

“Which one?”

Lucy leaned over and spoke into the phone. “Saint David’s. We’re right behind them.”

“We’ll meet you there.”

Lucy hit the end button and tossed the phone in her purse, as well as the one that Fatima had mounted on the dash. “O que aconteceu, Tee?” What happened?

Fatima launched into Portuguese. “The van flipped him. It came around me and flipped him. They took off and I—My phone!” She dug through Lucy’s purse and pulled it back out. “They were being pushy and I wanted to take a picture of them in case—here! I have a license plate!”

“Geo knows what’s going on already. Forward that to him and he’ll get it to the police. What happened to the car? Why did they have an air cast on Tate’s leg?”

“He was pinned. They had to use the hydraulic clamps to get him out. Jaws of Life, whatever they’re called. The car spun, hit the curb, and flipped, and it pinned him inside. They had the heavy equipment there as fast as they could, and they flipped him back over. The medic saw what a disaster it was and they had to get the cast on him. They had to. He would have bled out instantly. I could only get near him once in a while. He was so pale and bloody…”

“They got him out. They’re on the way.” Lucy grabbed her sister’s hand. “The van went around you?”

“It did.”

Lucy let the silence drag on a moment before finally letting out a sigh. “They were after him. They targeted him.”

Fatima nodded. “They were after him. He’s a nerd, though! He wouldn’t hurt a fly! He spends his free time coding and working on silly projects for ridiculous things. He’s IT. The whole time we were on the ATVs in January, he was working on a project for his boss.

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