Snow Cat by Edward Kendrick

Author:Edward Kendrick [Kendrick, Edward]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
Published: 2018-01-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Wynn heard a gunshot and moments later, the sound of a powerful engine as a car took off, screeching around a corner and speeding away. He rushed to his window just in time to see a patrol car take after a sports car as it raced down the main street out of town. Seconds later, another patrol car joined the chase while a third one tore into the parking lot beside the hotel.

Now what the hell’s going on? Curious, he headed downstairs to the lot. He saw John and another deputy kneeling beside—

“Hell no!” Wynn raced to join them just as the ambulance from the clinic pulled into view, screaming to a stop in front of Mick’s car.

“Stay back, Walt,” John ordered as Wynn tried to get closer.

Mick was sprawled on the ground beside his car. Someone had torn open his shirt, and John was pressing a now blood-soaked handkerchief to Mick’s chest. More blood leaked from the corner of Mick’s mouth.

The EMTs were beside Mick seconds later, doing what they could to stabilize him while Wynn watched in stunned disbelief. “Did it…did it hit his heart?” he stammered out.

Without looking up, one of the EMTs shook his head. “Got a lung though. John, call the clinic and have them send for a medical helicopter. We need to get Mick to a hospital ASAP.”

John was on the phone seconds later, relaying the message. As soon as he’d hung up, it rang, and he answered. “Damn it! Okay, get back here on the double. Mick’s been shot.” Closing his phone, he turned to Wynn. “Whoever did this got away.”

“His name’s Danny. I don’t know his last name. He’s…I guess he was someone from Mick’s past from the way it sounded.”

“Augie got his license plate numbers. He put out an APB to the state troopers. There’s nowhere he can get off the highway until he hits the Interstate—or at least nowhere that’ll take him anywhere.”

All the time they were talking Wynn kept his gaze focused on Mick and the EMTs. Now they were carefully putting Mick on a stretcher and moving him to the ambulance. Wynn started forward, only to have John grip his arm to stop him.

“I’ll drive you to the clinic,” John said. “You can wait there until the helicopter arrives. You know they won’t let you go with him to the hospital.”

Wynn buried his face in his hands for a moment, willing away the need to scream, cry, or hit something. “Take me,” he finally said as the ambulance pulled away.

* * * *

Thanks to John, Wynn was able to see Mick after the ambulance got him to the town’s clinic, although only from across the room at first while the doctors worked to keep him stabilized until the helicopter arrived. As Mick had predicted, they wouldn’t let Wynn ride along on the flight down to the city, but they did give him a moment with Mick, even though the sheriff was unconscious.

Wynn stared down at Mick’s pale face, whispering, “Now you look like me.

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