The Traitor's Pawn by Lisa Harris

Author:Lisa Harris
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic Suspense;Missing persons—Investigation—Fiction;Mystery fiction;FIC042060;FIC042040;FIC027110
ISBN: 9781493421152
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2020-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

AUBREY TOOK A STEP back from the trunk. “Wait a minute . . . she’s still breathing.”

Mei gasped for air and tried to sit up.

“Mei.” Aubrey grabbed the young woman’s shoulders. “Mei. You’re safe now. Take a deep breath.”

“We need to get her out of here, now,” Jack said.

“There’s a chair on the front porch.”

Jack lifted the young woman out of the trunk and headed for the house with Aubrey right behind him.

“Fernandez,” she shouted. “Call 911. We need to see where this blood is coming from.”

“Already on it.”

“I’ll grab the first-aid kit and a blanket,” Lawrence said, running toward their patrol car.

“What’s going on?” Bridget Sanders stood at the edge of the driveway with a dazed look in her eyes. “I had no idea there was anyone in my car. I don’t understand.”

Aubrey brushed past the woman. “Ma’am . . . I need you to stay out of the way for the moment.”

On the porch, Jack sat Mei gently in the wicker chair, then pulled out his knife and cut the cord around her wrists. Aubrey stepped forward with the blanket from Officer Lawrence and wrapped it around Mei’s shoulders.

“See what you can find out from her,” Jack said. “I’m going to talk to Bridget Sanders.”

Aubrey nodded and knelt down in front of the young woman.

“Mei . . . Mei, you’re safe now. Can you tell me where you’re hurt?”

She pressed her hand against the side of her head. It came back covered in blood. “My head. My head hurts.”

“You’re going to be okay. We’re going to find out why.”

Aubrey grabbed some hand sanitizer from the first-aid kit Officer Lawrence set down beside her, pulled on a pair of latex gloves, then started gently parting Mei’s hair, searching for the source of the blood.

After a few moments, she said, “Looks like you’ve got a cut just above your hairline on the side of your head.”

“I . . . I remember hitting it on something.”

“It’s not near as bad as it looks. The gauze will help stop the bleeding. You’re going to be fine.”

Mei nodded, but she was still shaking.

“Mei . . . I know you’re scared, but do you think you can answer a few questions for me?”

“I think so.”

“Can you tell me what happened?”

“I don’t know. It all happened so fast. Two men broke into the house. They took out the agents, then dragged me outside and put me into the trunk.”

“Did you see the men who took you?” Aubrey asked.

“No . . . I don’t know . . . I was so scared.”

“It’s okay. Right now, I just want you to take some deep breaths and try to relax.”

Aubrey finished cleaning up Mei’s wound, then attached a sterile gauze over the cut. A siren whirred in the distance as the ambulance grew closer. A couple neighbors were standing in their yards now, including their witness, who’d been held back by an officer from coming to check on her neighbor. Cheng might have won this round, but at least both Mei and Bridget Sanders were going to be okay.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.