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“That’s because they had a real explosive!”
“You’re such a baby! Stop crying about it and just do it!”
Rolling my eyes, I reached up and grabbed the gum, then grinned at the man inside, smashing my hand against the window. I kicked off the SUV at the same time I let go of the bar, falling to the ground and rolling with the impact. I immediately looked up at the sound of the crash. They’d taken the bait and freaked out. They all jumped out of the SUV, and I jumped to my feet, running hard despite the massive case of road rash I was sporting all over my body.
I tackled the first guy to the ground while Red went after another. I slammed my fist into his face until he was barely conscious. Another body rammed into me, hitting me hard and knocking me off the guy I was just hovering over. I rolled, swinging my leg around his body and twisting until I had him under me.
“Who the fuck do you work for?”
The screeching of tires distracted me, earning me a brutal uppercut, smashing my teeth together. But the sight of our vehicle careening into the ditch put the fear of God in me. I slammed my fist into the man’s face three times before pushing off him and sprinting toward the overturned vehicle.
“Sarah!” I shouted, racing as hard as I could to get to her. I promised I would protect her, but I left her alone.
As I approached, the smell of smoke filled the air and one of the tires spun slowly from the crash. I climbed on top of the SUV and ripped open the door, relieved when I saw Sarah buckled in. I dropped down into the vehicle and pressed my hand to her face. “Sarah, wake up, baby.”
She jerked awake, her eyes wide as she stared at me.
“Are you okay? Does anything hurt?”
She shook her head slightly, looking around the vehicle. I heard Red’s boots on top of the vehicle before I saw him at the door, peeking inside. “She okay?”
I gave a thumb’s up and he moved on to Kavanaugh and Cash, who were already grumbling in the front seat about this job sucking.
“Okay, we’re gonna get you out of here. I’ll hold you to me, and I want you to release the belt.”
“Sure,” she nodded, keeping calm as ever.
“On three. One, two, three.” She pressed the belt and I caught her body in my arms, keeping her from crashing into the other door. “Alright, I’m going to climb up and pull you out.”
“Yeah, no problem.”
I eyed her, waiting for her to break, but just as always, she was totally fine. “You’re sure.”
She rolled her eyes. “Unless you want to stay here and press your body to mine for a little longer.”
I paused, almost willing to take her up on the offer, but we had bigger problems at the moment than whether or not I was going to get laid. I grabbed the top of the door frame and hauled myself up, my muscles straining slightly from exhaustion. When I looked back down, Sarah was fanning herself.
“Do you want to come down and do that again so I can watch you again?”
“Sure, we’ll give the bad guys all the time in the world to get us.”
“About that—”
“If you’re going to tell me they’re really misunderstood and we should talk first, we’ll have a problem. Now, give me your hand.”
I reached into the SUV and grabbed her hand, pulling her up. Once she was laying on top, I hopped down and held out my hands for her to jump into. She looked past me at the other vehicles, but I needed to get her to focus on one thing at a time.
“Sarah, look at me.” Her eyes flicked to mine with uncertainty. “I’ve got this. Just jump down.”
She did as I asked, and then I turned, putting her behind me. I was about to draw my gun when a bullet tore through my shoulder, forcing me back a step. I heard Sarah scream as she wrapped her arms around me.
“Daddy!”
As the blood rushed to my head, I wondered why the hell she was calling me daddy. Now was not the time to get kinky, and I wasn’t into that shit anyway. I gripped my gun tighter, pressing Sarah further behind me to shield her as my guys surrounded me. I glanced at my shoulder and frowned. Shit, that wasn’t good. Blood gushed down my chest and arm. Red liquid was already dripping from my fingertips.
“Daddy!” she shouted, breaking out of my grasp and running toward the man, positioning herself in a way that we couldn’t return fire.
“Uh…that’s not good,” I muttered, feeling lightheaded already. But the most important thing was keeping Sarah safe. I clenched my jaw and pushed through the pain.
