Kiss Them Goodbye

Author:Stella Cameron
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon Ltd.

Chapter 24

If she didn’t drown or die of a heart attack, he might save them both.

The odds weren’t great.

She’d think he was the enemy intent on killing her but there was no way to let her know otherwise.

Spike’s lungs burned. He couldn’t hold his breath much longer. Grabbing a handful of Vivian’s hair, he pushed her back inside the Ford and up to the roof where an air pocket would keep them both safe, at least for a little longer. Clamping her there with his feet, he arched backward until his face broke the surface and he sucked in air. He wasted no time before slipping beneath the water again and lifting Vivian all the way into the vehicle before following her.

Water hyacinth decorated her streaming head. She pushed the trailing stuff aside and looked into his face. He was sure she’d instinctively realized it was him by now.

“Spike.” She coughed and spat out water. “I thought you were dead. God help us. Is he up there waiting—seeing if we get out?”

“He may be up there watching but by now he’s pretty sure he’s done what he set out to do. Don’t talk. There isn’t much air.”

Spike found the back pocket in his pants and fumbled with the button that closed it. In the end he tore the button off. He didn’t expect it to work, but his cell phone was in there.

When he held it up, water ran from the seams.

“That won’t do anything,” Vivian said.

As if he didn’t already know. He punched a button anyway and knew he was in luck, at least for now, when the light came on. He dialed 911 and gave praises when the woman who answered proved quick to understand the wild story he told. “On their way,” he told Vivian, dialing again. “Cyrus? Where are you? Get here. Move it. We’re breathing our last in Bayou Lafourche. Someone tried to murder us. We don’t have much air—up against the roof.”

The absolute silence that followed enraged Spike, before he thought about what he’d just told Cyrus.

“By the time you get this far, we’ll be dead or with the local law.”

Cyrus muttered something about making sure he knew how to find the local morgue.

“Very funny.” Or it might be at some other time. “It’ll probably be the Lafourche folks from Raceland who come. Find us there, or call and they’ll tell you where we are.” He switched off and wrestled the phone into his back pocket again before realizing that wasn’t smart.

Spike thought he could hear sirens. Even if he wasn’t imagining the sound, it was probably too early for them to be coming for Vivian and him, but he squeezed her arm as if he thought they were. She had guts but she wasn’t made for this.

The sirens grew distinct and, finally, Spike could see reflections of rotating lights on the water. “They’ve come,” he said, making to put her through the window again.

“Not this time,” she told him. “You first, then hold my hand.

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