Small-Town Face-Off by Tyler Anne Snell

Author:Tyler Anne Snell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-11-23T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Mara opened her eyes and tried to make sense of what she was seeing.

Her head pounded and her side lit up in pain. She sucked in a breath and regretted how much it hurt. She tried to move, if only to distance herself from the physical discomfort on reflex, but realized with panic that she couldn’t. Her eyes swiveled down to the object pinning her to the ground.

It was a set of metal lockers.

But why were they on top of her? And where—

Then it came back to her.

Mara moved her head from side to side to try and see the rest of the storage room behind her. Except for more lockers and cleaning supplies, she was alone.

She turned her attention back to the weight keeping her against the floor. Tentatively, she pushed her shoulder up to try and free one of her arms. Pain shot fast and hard through her side again but she managed to get her left arm free.

Mara hesitated as footsteps pounded the tile outside the closed door. Someone was coming toward it.

Fast.

Mara put her left hand under the top part of the locker across her chest. She started to push up just as the door swung open.

“Billy,” she exclaimed in profound relief.

The sheriff’s eyes widened in surprise and then almost immediately narrowed. He came around to her head.

“What happened? I heard you scream,” he said, already putting his hands under the top of the locker.

“I’ll tell you if you get this off me,” she promised, readying herself for the weight to be lifted. A part of her was afraid to see the extent of the damage done to her. She just hoped nothing was broken.

“Alright, get ready.”

Billy pulled up and soon the locker was hovering over her. Mara didn’t waste any time. She rolled over onto her stomach and dragged herself across the tile between Billy’s legs. The pain she’d felt before nearly bowled her over at the movement.

“I’m out!”

Mara turned back to watch the lockers crash to the ground. The noise rang loudly through the room and into the hallway outside. She’d been gone from Billy’s side for less than ten minutes. It had been more than enough time for trouble to find her.

“Get your gun out, Billy,” she said, a bit breathless. Bless the man, he didn’t hesitate. He unholstered his gun, kept his back to the wall and crouched down next to her.

“Someone pushed those over on you?” He motioned to the lockers.

Mara nodded.

“I was looking in them and heard someone walk up. I thought it was you but the next thing I knew I was waking up on the floor under them.”

Billy said a slew of curses that would make his mama angrier than a bull seeing red and pulled his cell phone from his pocket. He must have dialed Suzy, because she answered with an update already going, loud enough for Mara to hear. They hadn’t found anything yet in their search.

“Suzy, someone’s here with us. Tell Robert to lock himself in a room and you come up to the main building pronto.

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