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“Decker…”
I heard her inhale, and it felt like I couldn’t fucking breathe, waiting—needing to hear what she was going to say next.
“Decker, stop!”
I froze at the panic in her voice—and the finger she pointed out the window.
Fuck.
On the opposite side of the road, there was an accident. A bad one. One car was overturned on the embankment, the broken hum of its horn filtering through the sound of the storm. My only assumption was that the driver had lost control because of the rain and crashed.
“Shit. Hold on.” I hit my four-ways and turned my SUV in the road, angling so my lights beamed on the car.
“Oh my god, someone’s still in there.” Reese scrambled for her seat belt, her instinct going into overdrive.
“Reese, wait—”
I was too late. “Call 9-1-1!” she yelled and got out of the car, holding her jacket over her head as she rushed to the other car.
“Fuck.” I punched the emergency number in my phone, my hand on the door, ready to exit as soon as I gave our location. The operator picked up as I watched Reese try to pry open the car door. I quickly rattled off the emergency, giving our location on the highway. I hung up before she got through herhelp is on the waystatement and barreled out into the rain.
“Reese!” I cursed as my foot slid on the muddy shoulder.
“We have to get the door open,” she yelled. “She’s trapped in there.”
Within seconds, I was soaked to the bone. Reese was the same as she tried to pull the door open, but it was wedged shut.
“Hang on.” I ran back to my truck, slipping twice as I grabbed my crowbar from the back.
When I returned, Reese was on the ground, covered in mud as she tried to pry the door open.
“Here let me—”
“It won’t open,” she said with a strangled cry, blindly struggling to help the unconscious driver.
“Reese.” I took her wrists in one hand and pried them off the door. I pinned her panic stare and ordered, “I’ll get it open. Trust me, baby.”
Her lips parted, something shifting in her eyes, before she nodded.
I instantly released her, letting her scramble back as I wedged the crowbar between the door and the frame. My feet slipped and slid. My heart pounded in my chest. And my muscles burned under the strain, but I was going to get the damn door open.I had to.
Just when it felt like my heart was going to burst from my chest, I felt the damn thing give way. It creaked and groaned and finally, I was able to pry it away from the car.
Reese rushed over, and I tossed the crowbar back onto the road so I could help her.
“Oh my god, Gabby.” Reese choked out a sob, recognizing the young driver.
She hung limp from the seat, blood dripping from a nasty gash in her forehead.
“I’ll unhook her seat belt. You pull,” she instructed, already partway into the car.
I reached for the girl’s shoulders, supporting as best I could when Reese let the restraint go.
“Careful,” she charged, the two of us pulling the unconscious girl from the vehicle. “Careful of her head.”
We pulled her out onto the ground slowly, the rain making it nearly impossible to see. But that didn’t stop her. I was pretty sure nothing stopped this woman.Reese checked Gabby’s pulse first, and I swore she was about to suggest we load her into the back of my car when the ambulance sirens broke through the rain.
Within seconds, two EMTs rushed onto the shoulder.
