Ride the Fire by Jo Davis

Author:Jo Davis [Davis, Jo]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Fiction, Romance, General, Man-Woman Relationships, Romantic Suspense, Contemporary Romance, Suspense, Fire Fighters
ISBN: 9780451231796
Publisher: Signet
Published: 2010-12-06T16:00:00+00:00

As soon as they pulled into the bay and parked the vehicles, Six-Pack jumped down, calling out, “Line up all the tanks and SCBAs. Show me which ones you wore and which ones were left on the quint.”

Any problems they should be able to trace from there. When Eve finally had a chance to tell the lieutenant what happened inside the restaurant, he’d been as floored as she and Zack. He immediately agreed an inspection was in order. If the fault lay with any of them, fur was going to fly.When they each had their own equipment at their feet, Six-Pack continued. “Check over every crevice of your Air-Pak, hose, and mask. Every piece. Leave nothing unaccounted for.” He paused while they took a few minutes to do as instructed. “Any problems?”

One by one, they all replied in the negative. Nothing wrong with any of the tanks and masks they’d been wearing.

“Okay, on to the spares. These were on the quint, side compartment, which was unlocked for easy access given the situation we were dealing with.” He pointed to one that sat slightly apart from the others. “That’s the one Sean grabbed from the quint and wore inside. He said it ran out of air, but he should’ve had the full thirty minutes. I damned well want to know why he didn’t. Everybody grab one and do a check.”

They got busy. Eve had just started on the one she’d picked when Clay spoke up.

“Uh, Lieutenant . . . the hose on this one has been cut.”

Everyone froze, stared at him.

“What the hell did you say?” Howard strode over and squatted, peering at the part in question. His brows drew together and his mouth flattened. “It’s been sliced, vertically, right between the grooves. Cut almost in two.”

“This one, also,” Zack said, voice rising.

“And this one.” Julian slammed his tank on the ground, all sorts of pissed. “What the fuck is going on here?”

“Mine, too,” Eve put in, staring at the cut in the hose.

“They all checked out fine this morning, I swear!” Clay cried, glancing around the group. “I know for a fact they were good.”

The lieutenant checked Sean’s unit last, just to confirm their suspicions. “This one is cut, too. All the extras on the quint were tampered with,” he said, seething with a white-hot rage Eve had never seen. “Which means someone had to have done it while we were all busy and the scene was in chaos. A knife or a pair of cutters, and he only needed seconds to do the job. I’d like to get my hands around his neck.”

His sentiments were echoed with enthusiasm.

“What do we do now?” Eve’s question had them all looking to Six-Pack for guidance.

“I’ll call the chief. He’ll know what to do, who else to notify.” Howard’s father, Fire Chief Bentley Mitchell, was a legend in Sugarland. He was supposed to retire at the end of July, but had postponed the event, much to everyone’s relief. “I have to say, though, I’m flying blind on this.

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