Protecting the Texas Witness by Virginia Vaughan

Protecting the Texas Witness by Virginia Vaughan

Author:Virginia Vaughan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2025-10-15T00:00:00+00:00


SEVEN

Isabelle’s head was pounding and her ears were still ringing as she slowly regained consciousness. She groaned as she tried to move but her body protested.

“Mom, Mom, are you okay?” Kelsey’s voice was barely above a whisper but it was so full of fear that it grabbed Isabelle and pulled her back to consciousness.

She felt her daughter’s hand on her shoulder but when she turned, the girl was standing hunched over. The vehicle was upside down and Kelsey was standing on the overturned roof while Isabelle was hanging in the air thanks to the seat belt. She reached for Kelsey’s hand. “I’m okay. How about you?”

“I’m fine. You and Deputy Shaw both were knocked out and I was so worried.”

Isabelle unbuckled her seat belt, dropping down to hit the roof of the vehicle, now the floor. She immediately gave Kelsey the once-over. Her hair was mussed and her eyes red from crying but otherwise she seemed okay.

She wasn’t sure she could say the same for Drake. He too was buckled into his seat, which was now upside down. Blood dripped from a cut on his arm. She tapped his cheek, trying to revive him. “Drake, can you hear me? Drake, wake up.”

It was no use. He wasn’t moving. A quick check of his pulse and the gentle rise and fall of his chest told her he was still alive, but there was no telling when he might wake, and she knew they had no time to waste. They needed to get out of there quickly. “Kelsey, help me get him down.” Kelsey got on one side while she took the other. She pressed the seat belt release and he tumbled down, with them doing their best to break his fall. The impact didn’t even seem to faze him.

“Find the radio,” she instructed Kelsey. “We need to call for help.”

She scrambled until she found the mic on the floor. “Here it is.”

She tried pressing the button, but nothing happened. She messed with the radio mounted to the dash. Still nothing.

“I don’t think it’s working, Mom.”

Apparently, it had been damaged in the crash. She hoped the message she’d broadcast before they’d been run off the road had gone through. Otherwise, they were on their own until someone came looking for them. She had no doubt that when they didn’t arrive at the courthouse as planned, the deputies would try to find them. But would they come in time?

A crunch of leaves grabbed both her and Kelsey’s attention. Kelsey turned to her, wide-eyed. “It’s him,” she whispered. “It’s the man who ran us off the road.”

Isabelle’s heart raced at that prospect but she tried to keep her calm. “We don’t know that. It might be help coming.”

Kelsey leaned down so she could see outside the car then jumped back up and grabbed Isabelle. “Someone’s coming.”

Her daughter was trembling with fear, which caused Isabelle to go into mama bear mode. She’d come here to prevent any harm from coming to her daughter. She was going to protect her now from whomever was approaching them.



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