The Firefighters of Darling Bay Boxed Set by Rachael Herron

The Firefighters of Darling Bay Boxed Set by Rachael Herron

Author:Rachael Herron [Herron, Rachael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rachael Herron


Chapter 3

“WHAT?” SHE PULLED back. The way Samantha barreled forward, Hank knew she was probably used to having to self-correct. “I’m not supposed to be up here?

Not technically, no. She wasn’t. The only people allowed on board were either paid by the Darling Bay Fire Department or specially cleared for ride-alongs. If Chief Barger rolled by and looked up to see a citizen in one of his rigs? Heads would roll, and the first head spinning would be Hank’s.

But instead of telling Samantha Rowe that she couldn’t climb up, Hank reached a hand down to help pull her up. He felt that stupid grin cross his face, the one he always got when she was anywhere around. Dummy. “Come on. Watch your head there.” He pointed her to the spare jumpseat. “Are you okay?”

“That was terrible! So scary!” she said, leaning forward so she could rest her elbows on her knees. For a moment, he forgot she was talking about Jim Hinds and thought she was talking about the climb up. She’d always done that to him—confused him until he didn’t know what was up or down. Her hair, that wonderful brown waterfall, fell forward and, for a moment, hid her eyes. Was she crying? Hank felt two simultaneous urges: to leap forward and wrap his arms around her and to throw himself out of the rig. No way was he worrying about her again. No way.

Samantha looked up at him, but instead of tears, her bright green eyes were sparkling with excitement. “That was amazing, what you did.”

They really hadn’t done much. They’d assessed Jim and strapped him to a gurney. His pulse on the 12-lead was strong enough that they didn’t even go code three. “Nah.”

She laughed, that sound as pretty and sweet as whatever light scent she was wearing, the scent that Coin with his dog’s nose would be able to pick up as soon as he climbed back on board. “You saved a man’s life.”

Saving lives was what they did. And Jim hadn’t been a save so much as a push to the hospital where he definitely needed to be seen. Something was wrong with the guy, but nothing immediate. “He’ll be fine. He’ll be home tonight, nursing those bruises that got put on him by your group of aggressive women. What were you doing to him in there?”

Samantha flapped her hand. “Ah, you know. Beatin’ the tar out of him. Every girl’s gotta learn how sometime.”

“It looked like you were killing him.”

“No, it didn’t! Did you see how well he was suited up?”

“It wasn’t easy to get through all that padding to get the leads on, so yeah. But did you see that bruise on his right arm?”

Samantha looked a little guilty. “It’s possible that Myra Tenbottom got a little carried away with her kicking. But that just means she was really into it.”

Hank straightened his legs. The hardest thing about being the firefighter in the back of the rig was that it wasn’t big enough to fully stretch out.



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