Hazardous Holiday by Liz Johnson

Author:Liz Johnson
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Tags: Christian, Clean & Wholesome, Fiction, Romance, Suspense, Thrillers
ISBN: 9780373447862
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-12-01T08:08:21.601000+00:00

ELEVEN

Kristi couldn’t stop shaking.

Not when Zach scuttled over to her, pulled her into his arms and kissed her forehead before running his hands up and down her arms to check for scrapes or breaks.

Not when Toni and Branden burst out of their house to check on them.

Not even when the police arrived, red and blue lights flashing and sirens wailing.

She could tell that they were talking at her, but all she could hear was the explosion.

One of the paramedics had helped her to her feet, but her legs had refused to hold her. So she’d crawled to Cody. Of course, he was fascinated with the fire engine and ambulance—oblivious to the fact that they’d very nearly been killed.

But she couldn’t stop shaking, couldn’t stop envisioning a moment where Zach hadn’t realized the problem in time.

Zach must have handled explaining the situation to the police and arranging for a rental car. Kristi was aware of none of it. Yet somehow when she looked up from combing the grass out of Cody’s hair, there was a bright blue SUV sitting at the curb.

She couldn’t find a single word to say the whole drive back to San Diego, but neither could she close her eyes and find any rest. Every time she so much as blinked, she saw her car in flames and felt the force of the blast throwing them around as if they were tumbleweeds in the wind.

It seemed to take days to get home, the setting sun always in front of them, always glaring into the car. Zach had donned his aviator sunglasses and was both silent and thoughtful. While she tried to wipe her memory altogether, Zach’s jaw worked as if he was physically chewing on the events of the day.

From the backseat, Cody’s video game—a gift from the Gammers—beeped and booped until she was sure it was just part of the sound of the road.

She wasn’t aware of drifting off until she looked up and saw that they were pulling up to the house.

“I must have dozed off.”

She wasn’t entirely sure she’d spoken aloud until Zach responded. “Definitely.”

What did that mean? “How do you know I wasn’t just resting my eyes?”

He shot her a grin that was wholly at odds with frantic escapes and exploding cars. “You were snoring.”

Embarrassment flooded through her, and she responded without even thinking. “I was not.”

“If you say so.” His mouth twisted into a mock serious frown, and she couldn’t see his eyes to read what he was really thinking.

Rolling her eyes, she opened the door and trudged to the house. Her limbs felt like they’d doubled in size, her joints stiff like they’d forgotten how to work. She waited until Zach checked the door to make sure they weren’t walking in on another trap before going inside, then fell to the couch, sapped of strength. She turned to reach for Cody, but Zach was already a third of the way up the stairs. “I can get him,” she called. But the words were as sluggish as she felt, and Zach chuckled.

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