A Hero In Uniform - The Complete Series by Savannah DelGardo Page A
Authors: Savannah DelGardo
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latest development, but agreed to go to the AFP. Before they got up, he made love to her again, ignoring the feeling inside him that told him he was falling for this woman.
Seven
Jessi sat silently in the back seat of a Toyota Kluger 4x4, Ric at her side and AFP Agent Michael Blake behind the wheel as they left Cairns and headed for Brisbane. She'd been glad when Ric had told her he was going with her; she really didn't want to wait around for Kevin to make a move on her own.
She'd divorced him nearly six months ago and had thought her troubles would have ended when she left him behind and moved over fifteen-hundred kilometers away.
She'd believed that everything to do with her old life would have stayed behind, but it hadn't, and now Kevin was after her.
Ric and even Michael Blake were doing a fantastic job of keeping her safe, but she couldn't help but wonder how long they'd be able to keep doing it before he found them and she put all their lives in jeopardy.
But even as she thought this, the 4x4 was rammed and they were sent off the road. The speed Michael had been going was too fast for the federal agent to control the big 4x4 and they went over, rolling once before coming to a stop on their side.
Jessi heard the faint sound of tires squealing and someone shouting, then the darkness claimed her.
Ric braced himself against his door and the back seat as he looked down at Jessi's unconsciousness form. She lay against her door, blood on her head, arms and jeans.
“ Jess? Can you hear me?”
She didn't respond.
Michael was pulling himself up from, blood on his head. He swore when he grazed his fingers on glass and looked at Ric. “You okay?”
“ Yeah. What happened?”
“ We were run off the road.”
Ric swore. “Nolan?”
“ That'd be my guess.” Michael managed to get himself upright and he pulled a gun out of the glove compartment, handing it to Ric as he said, “Take this. I'll see if that bastard is still around.”
Ric nodded. His head was throbbing and there was a mild pain in his leg, but he ignored both of that. He needed to get Jessi out of the car so he could assess her injuries. Boosting himself out of the side of the 4x4, he jumped over the side and onto the ground just as Kevin took a shot him.
Michael provided cover fire that allowed Ric to pull Jessi up and out of the wreck. He lifted her up over his shoulder and made for the bush that lined the highway. Michael continued to exchange shots with Kevin as he got Jessi to safety. When he had her propped against a tree, Ric returned to the wreck, assisting Michael by distracting Kevin long enough for the federal agent to get to safety.
Ric noticed Kevin was using the F150 as cover, so he decided on a course of action that would either kill the son of a bitch, or at least slow him down. Aiming at the truck, Ric emptied his magazine into the engine until it began to smoke, and on his final shot, the truck blew up, exploding in an impressive cloud of black-and-orange smoke before the fuel tank blew in a second explosion that lifted the truck off the ground and made it flip over onto it's roof.
With that done, he dropped the empty gun into the grass and returned to where Jessi and Michael were.
“ Nice shooting.” Michael said, his hand pressed against a wound on his side.
“ How badly are you hurt?”
“ It's nothing. I'll be fine.”
Ric nodded and looked down at Jessi. He cupped her face and said, “Come on, Jessi. Wake up.”
“ She could have a concussion.”
“ All the more reason I need to wake her up. She can't die on me.” Ric said, passionate conviction in his voice.
He wouldn't loose the only woman he'd ever cared about to some prick who couldn't accept that it was over.
Even as he thought this, Jessi stirred and her eyes opened. She looked from Michael to him and said, “Ric? What
Seven
Jessi sat silently in the back seat of a Toyota Kluger 4x4, Ric at her side and AFP Agent Michael Blake behind the wheel as they left Cairns and headed for Brisbane. She'd been glad when Ric had told her he was going with her; she really didn't want to wait around for Kevin to make a move on her own.
She'd divorced him nearly six months ago and had thought her troubles would have ended when she left him behind and moved over fifteen-hundred kilometers away.
She'd believed that everything to do with her old life would have stayed behind, but it hadn't, and now Kevin was after her.
Ric and even Michael Blake were doing a fantastic job of keeping her safe, but she couldn't help but wonder how long they'd be able to keep doing it before he found them and she put all their lives in jeopardy.
But even as she thought this, the 4x4 was rammed and they were sent off the road. The speed Michael had been going was too fast for the federal agent to control the big 4x4 and they went over, rolling once before coming to a stop on their side.
Jessi heard the faint sound of tires squealing and someone shouting, then the darkness claimed her.
Ric braced himself against his door and the back seat as he looked down at Jessi's unconsciousness form. She lay against her door, blood on her head, arms and jeans.
“ Jess? Can you hear me?”
She didn't respond.
Michael was pulling himself up from, blood on his head. He swore when he grazed his fingers on glass and looked at Ric. “You okay?”
“ Yeah. What happened?”
“ We were run off the road.”
Ric swore. “Nolan?”
“ That'd be my guess.” Michael managed to get himself upright and he pulled a gun out of the glove compartment, handing it to Ric as he said, “Take this. I'll see if that bastard is still around.”
Ric nodded. His head was throbbing and there was a mild pain in his leg, but he ignored both of that. He needed to get Jessi out of the car so he could assess her injuries. Boosting himself out of the side of the 4x4, he jumped over the side and onto the ground just as Kevin took a shot him.
Michael provided cover fire that allowed Ric to pull Jessi up and out of the wreck. He lifted her up over his shoulder and made for the bush that lined the highway. Michael continued to exchange shots with Kevin as he got Jessi to safety. When he had her propped against a tree, Ric returned to the wreck, assisting Michael by distracting Kevin long enough for the federal agent to get to safety.
Ric noticed Kevin was using the F150 as cover, so he decided on a course of action that would either kill the son of a bitch, or at least slow him down. Aiming at the truck, Ric emptied his magazine into the engine until it began to smoke, and on his final shot, the truck blew up, exploding in an impressive cloud of black-and-orange smoke before the fuel tank blew in a second explosion that lifted the truck off the ground and made it flip over onto it's roof.
With that done, he dropped the empty gun into the grass and returned to where Jessi and Michael were.
“ Nice shooting.” Michael said, his hand pressed against a wound on his side.
“ How badly are you hurt?”
“ It's nothing. I'll be fine.”
Ric nodded and looked down at Jessi. He cupped her face and said, “Come on, Jessi. Wake up.”
“ She could have a concussion.”
“ All the more reason I need to wake her up. She can't die on me.” Ric said, passionate conviction in his voice.
He wouldn't loose the only woman he'd ever cared about to some prick who couldn't accept that it was over.
Even as he thought this, Jessi stirred and her eyes opened. She looked from Michael to him and said, “Ric? What
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