Page 59 of His Lucky Paige

Nicole nodded and Paige slipped over to him whispering in his ear, “Don’t let her in.”

“Paige…” he replied as he placed a hand on Nicole’s shoulder. “What’s wrong?”

“I’d say she tried to block something that was burning with her arms. She’s possibly gone into shock, and she’s got a huge knot on her head…just promise me you’ll keep Nicole from seeing something she shouldn’t.”

“Of course,” he replied swiping the tear that fell from her eye away. “Paige, you found them.”

“Let’s hope it’s not too late.” She sighed heading back into the covered area. She tried to rouse Tami and her heart leapt into her throat when her eyes finally fluttered open.

“Paige…” she said hoarsely as her eyes filled with confusion. “How…where’s Nic?”

“She’s fine; Joel’s taking care of her. Aw Tams…what happened?” she asked pulling the first aid kit from her bag and taking out the burn cream and clean cloths.

“Stupid rock slipped, hit me on the head and then a log followed…guess I’m not invincible huh…”

“You’re a tough girl. This is probably going to hurt honey,” Paige warned as she began to clean the burns.

“Hurt? Who gave birth in the middle of a power outage with only her best friend?” Tami asked clenching her fists as she tried to laugh through the pain.

“You did and because of that you have a gorgeous little girl out there who needs you to come home with her so look at me Tams…keep your eyes focused on me. You remember Jesse, right?” she added nodding towards the man sitting beside her.

“She convinced you to come up here again? How’d you get here anyway? Last time I checked it was wall to wall flames.”

“We came down the peak, and that’s how we’re going to get out of here,” Paige warned, and Tami began to laugh more.

“You are as crazy as ever, aren’t you? Who on earth was dumb enough to let you do this? I thought you were the sane one Jesse.”

“It’s pretty hard to say no to Paige when she asks for help. Your dad called her, and she dragged all of us out here with little more than a look.”

“My dad agreed to this? Now I know this is a dream,” Tami said letting out a stifled groan as Paige moved to the other arm.

“He wanted to say no but Paige has some friends in some pretty high places apparently.”

“Let me guess you called the governor?”

“Nope,” Paige said with a grin.

“A representative…no…a senator?”

“The vice president of the country on his personal line,” Jesse told her pulling out some more bandages for Paige.

“You’re kidding. You did that for me?”

“You and Nicole…if something happened to you, I’d lose it you know,” Paige said helping her sit up. She wrapped her arms around her and hugged her tightly. “Now we need to get some fluids in you and then we need to move. The fires are starting to climb higher Tams.”

“I can’t do it Paige, not like this,” she said holding up her bandaged arms.

“Oh yes you can, and you will. I did not come all the way down here for you to wimp out. I know it hurts like hell, but you can do it Tams, I’ll be right there with you and so will Jesse and Joel and Nic.”

“Wait did you say Joel…as intheJoel?” Tami asked pushing herself up onto her feet.

“Yeah, he refused to let me come without him.”

“Sounds kinky,” Tami chuckled, and Paige let out a laugh.

“Now that’s my Tams.”

“Oookay,” Jesse drawled looking a bit uncomfortable.

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