Stranded With the Detective by Lena Diaz

Author:Lena Diaz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2018-09-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Piper dropped to her knees at the edge of the crumbling cliff and looked down into the treacherous water below, desperately searching for Colby. He’d disappeared beneath the surface and hadn’t come back up.

Jedidiah plopped down beside her. “Where is she? Where’s...” His voice broke and his Adam’s apple bobbed in his throat. “Where’s Mindy?”

Piper’s face flooded with heat. How terrible that she hadn’t given a single thought to the young girl who was struggling for her life down there, too. All she could think about was Colby.

The color had blanched from Jedidiah’s face, leaving it mottled and pale. His friends stood in a half circle behind him, looking just as frightened as he did as they scanned the river beneath the cliff. No matter how messed up these people were or what crazy views they held, in the end they were just as human as everyone else. And someone they loved—who couldn’t swim—had just gone into nearly freezing water with a swift current and tumbling rapids.

“I haven’t seen her or Colby.” She jumped to her feet and shrugged off her coat.

“What are you doing?” Jedidiah demanded, pushing himself to standing.

“Going in after them.” She moved to the edge, drew in a deep breath—

“No.” He grabbed her arm in a viselike grip. “It’s too dangerous. I heard you yelling that at your cop boyfriend. And you were right.” He drew a ragged breath. “No one could survive down there.”

She shoved at his hand. “Well, someone has to at least try to help them.” She aimed a glare at the other men. “If no one has the guts to go in after them, I will. Now, let me go while there’s still a chance.”

He shook his head again, his hand tightening painfully on her biceps. “It would be suicide. They’re gone.” He let out a ragged breath. “Latham, tie her up if you have to. No one else goes into that river.”

Piper cursed and fought, fingers like talons striking out at Latham, her legs flailing in the air as he jerked her up and away from the edge. He let out a few choice swear words when she slammed her shoe down hard against his thigh. But he simply clamped an arm around hers and trapped her between his legs in a show of strength surprising for his size, rendering her defenseless.

“Let me go!” she cried out. “They’re going to die if no one helps them. What are you? Cowards? Mindy’s just a kid. Colby’s an innocent man risking his own life for your daughter and friend.” She tossed her head, skewering each of them with her glare. When no one moved to do anything, she cursed again. “What’s wrong with you people? One of your own is drowning and you’re standing around doing nothing!”

“I don’t know how to swim,” Jedidiah admitted, hanging his head in shame. “None of us do. And I can’t let you kill yourself because of our failures. It wouldn’t be right.”

She blinked at him in shock.

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