The Wonder of You by Susan May Warren

Author:Susan May Warren
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: FICTION / Christian / Romance, FICTION / Romance / Contemporary
ISBN: 9781496406965
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2015-06-30T23:00:00+00:00

THE SKIES PARTED and unleashed a rumble of doom as Amelia ran up the trail to the apex of the portage, the highest point between Bearskin and Rose Lakes. She already had her cell phone out, watching the bars. Please.

Lightning, then droplets of rain dribbled down from the sky. She slipped on a root, landed hard on her hands and knees, splitting her lightweight pants. Pain speared through her wrist, but she shook it off as she scrambled to her feet and pushed harder up the portage steps.

Please, God, let Mike live. She’d known the leader—a fixture at Evergreen every summer, leading a fresh group of recruits out for a taste of wilderness—for most of her life. He couldn’t die on her watch.

On Roark’s watch.

Breathing hard, she reached the top of the portage. The drizzle from the steely-gray clouds grew steady, heavier, becoming drops that slid down her hair, her back. She should have grabbed a poncho.

No, she should have paddled faster. She lifted her phone and found a bar. If she stood right here . . .

“Deep Haven Emergency Services.”

Seth. She took a breath, pushed every thought but Mike from her mind. “Seth, help. We have an emergency.”

“Amelia?”

“I’m on Rose Lake with the Boy Scouts and their leader might be having a heart attack. I need a medevac from the campsite across the lake from the falls.”

“Okay. Breathe. Is he still experiencing chest pains? What’s his pulse rate?”

“I don’t know. I had to paddle to the portage to get a signal.” She stepped out of the pocket, heard his voice cut off, and for a second she thought she’d lost him. “Seth!”

“Amelia, listen. The chopper is out. There was a drowning on Gunflint Lake, and they flew the victim to Duluth. You’ll have to bring him in.”

“I . . . I have a bunch of sixth graders. I can’t—”

“You left them alone?”

“No! Roark is with them.” She heard the quick intake of breath, but she couldn’t help it. “We need help. We can’t carry him out on our own.”

“Okay, Ames, breathe. I’m on my way. Sit tight. I’ll bring a team as fast as I can. But with the storm and the road conditions, it might be two hours.”

“Please hurry, Seth.” She hung up, the rain lashing over her now, soaking her to the bone. Please give Mike two hours, Lord.

She scrambled down the portage, nearly running, praying she didn’t slip as she jumped from root to root. A low-hanging branch slapped her face and she tasted blood on her lip. She fell again, sliding in the mud, but scrambled back up, ignoring the pain in her wrist.

She reached the canoe and pushed it onto the water, too aware of the lightning crackling in the sky as rain pelleted the surface of the lake. An aluminum canoe made for a terrific lightning rod on open water.

She ducked her head and dug in, pushing through the burn between her shoulder blades and in her upper arms and knees, grinding against the bottom of the canoe.

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