The Rancher's Surprise Son (Gold Buckle Cowboys Book 4) by Christine Wenger

Author:Christine Wenger [Wenger, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Romance, Fiction, Family Life, Family Saga, Series, HS Sweetheart, Gossip, Trust, Jail Sentence, Cowboy, Secret Baby, Rancher, Boy, Marriage, Dream, Family, Second Chance
Goodreads: 25074423
Publisher: Harlequin Special Editon
Published: 2015-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Since Cody was sitting by the kitchen, he could see flames licking at the door leading to the conference room. Suddenly, there was a stampede of attendees.

“Slow down!” he yelled, waving people to the exits. They were stumbling and tripping over the slower-moving wheelchairs and people on crutches.

Where was Laura?

The only exits that he could see were at the double doors by him, and he hadn’t seen her walk by.

“Laura!” he yelled. “Has anyone seen Laura Duke?”

No one answered. They were too busy shoving the person in front of them. Some kind souls did stop to help push wheelchairs and clear a path for those on crutches, but on the whole, the crowd was in a panic; they were just trickling out, and the smoke was getting thicker.

What was the holdup getting out of the room?

By now the fire had spread to the back wall by the exit doors.

Some people had stopped to talk in the hallway. How could they do that when there were more people that needed to get out of the room?

“Move it! Don’t block the exit! Move!” he yelled and got a little cooperation.

“Don’t touch those doors!” he shouted. “They’re hot.”

Cody moved as much of the crowd out of the room as he could until firefighters finally arrived. They tried to get in though the massive amount of people exiting. Cody detoured the crowd over a couple of feet so they could get to the fire.

“Kitchen.” He pointed to the swinging doors leading to the kitchen. It was engulfed in flames. “Help me get these people out of here, will you?” he said to one firefighter nearby.

The smoke was thicker than fog. “Let’s move it! No pushing, please!” Cody yelled. “Move!”

And all the time, he kept looking for Laura.

“Have you seen Laura Duke? Anyone seen Laura Duke?”

“She was in the ladies’ room, the last I knew,” yelled a voice from the crowd.

“Where?” asked Cody.

“To the right of the stage.”

“Thanks.”

Cody fought the crowd going in the opposite direction to find Laura. The room was down a long hallway, and unfortunately, it shared a left wall with the kitchen.

Hurriedly, he pushed open the door to the ladies’ room and yelled her name.

“Laura?”

He looked under the stalls and saw Laura lying on the floor, coughing.

Going to her side, he helped her turn over. “Honey, let’s get you out of here.”

Picking her up, he carried her to the exit doors. He was happy to see that, finally, the hotel staff had arrived on the scene and gotten the hallway cleared out. He was able to walk outside easily with a barely conscious Laura in his arms.

Cody gently laid her on the floor and pulled his jacket off to put under her head. An EMT set her up with oxygen.

“Let’s get her to the hospital,” the EMT said, then spoke into a microphone clipped to the shoulder of his shirt.

Laura’s eyes fluttered, then more coughing.

“It’s good that she’s coughing,” the EMT said. “It clears her lungs. We’ll get her to the hospital, and they’ll give her some humidified oxygen.

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