Disruption by Clair M. Poulson & Clair M. Poulson

Author:Clair M. Poulson & Clair M. Poulson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery, suspense, danger, parents, children, siblings, missing, missing persons, smart, smart kid, kid solving crime, disruption, prodigy, child prodigy, globe
Publisher: Covenant Communications, Inc.
Published: 2021-06-24T18:24:05+00:00

Chapter

Fifteen

Diana, attempting to ignore the water that was hammering down on her, slid into the driver side of the car and shouted, “Jackie, I’m a police officer. I have help coming. Can you move at all?” The other car had slammed into the side Saul had been in. Had he not gotten out in time, the chase for him would have been over.

Jackie’s screams stopped, and he looked with glazed eyes at Diana. “Help me,” he moaned.

She reached for his hand and tried to pull. But Tiny had him lodged tightly between his huge bleeding stomach and the crumpled dashboard. “I’ll be right back,” she told Jackie. “I’m not leaving you. I will get you out of here.”

With the help of a couple of strong patrol officers, they managed to get the passenger door open. Diana was glad it was an older car, for it did not have automatic seats and they were able to slide the seat back. She was then able to gently lift Jackie away from the body of Tiny, who was clearly deceased, and get the boy into an ambulance.

She was surprised as she was helping with the driver of the rubbernecking vehicle to hear a familiar voice say, “Detective Franklin, is there anything I can do to help?”

She looked up into the tearstained face of Sydney Greenbaum. “No, we’ve got it, Sydney, but thanks for saving my life.”

“I knew Dad was a monster,” Sydney said, “but a killer?”

“I’m sorry,” Diana said.

“Is that giant guy dead? I see that no one is bothering with him,” she said, her voice shaky.

“He is.”

“I killed him,” Sydney said, and fresh tears descended in torrents down her pretty face.

“No, your father is responsible for his death. You had no choice, and anyway, for all we know, it was the crash that killed him,” Diana said. “You are a hero today, and don’t you ever forget it.”

“I bet you thought I’d caved in to Dad when I went in the house,” Sydney said between sobs.

“I wasn’t thinking a lot about anything other than how I was going to get out of that situation with my life. You solved that for me. Thank you.”

“You are soaked, and so are those other officers,” Sydney observed as she slowly regained control of her emotions. “Was Jackie okay? I saw him being loaded in an ambulance.”

“I’m sure he’s hurt bad, but he’ll live,” Diana said. “My question is, are you okay?”

“I will be,” she said. “I guess Dad got away.”

“For now,” Diana told her. “I think these other officers have things under control here now. I need to go change into some dry clothes and get back to my office. Thank you again, Sydney. I owe my life to you.”

Diana finally arrived back at her desk, dry but emotionally torn. Sergeant Snow joined her there. “Are you all right, Detective?” he asked.

She nodded. “I’m fine. I’m just sorry I messed up so badly.”

“I’ll need a full report from you, but I already know that you acted with heroism, and I want to thank you for that.

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