Rodeo Daddy: Book 3 in the Stubborn Texas Siblings Trilogy by Faith Loveright Page A

animals he had to be up early to take care of
the next morning. If he hadn’t needed the help so badly, he
would have said he was sorry and found another way, but
he did need help.
    “Eric, I need you, bro,” he said gruffly as he ca
refully
maneuvered the truck out onto the road. “Dana and Alexis
are out in this shit storm somewhere, and thanks to Mandy,
she’s upset. She could be in serious danger… I need all the
help I can get to find her. Mandy said she was headed
towards the interstate. … Please….” he sobbed hysterically.
“I can’t lose either one of them.”
“Say no more,” Eric said grabbing his jeans and pulling
them on while holding the phone up to his ear. “Give me
four minutes and I’ll have my gear in the truck and I’ll be
headed your way. Don’t worry little brother… we’ll find
them.”
    Jeff was frantically searching the sides of the road for any
sign of a vehicle in trouble. There were no other headlights
or taillights anywhere as far as he could see. No one else
was stupid enough to go out in the middle of the blizzard
they were having. The further he went without any sign of
Dana, the more freaked out he became. He was about as
jumpy as a kitten on crack cocaine and he knew it.
    Suddenly an ambulance seemed to appear out of nowhere
from behind him and went zipping by him so fast, Jeff
could have sworn the tires were on fire. A lump of fear
formed in his throat and he guided the truck to the side of
the road carefully to pick up his phone so he could update
Eric on what he’d just seen. If that ambulance was heading
for an accident, it was a good chance it was Dana… and the
speed that the driver was going in almost whiteout
conditions couldn’t mean anything good for the accident
victims.
    After telling Eric of his concerns, Jeff hung up and pulled
back out onto the road. He had to know one way or the
other if the ambulance was responding to a call that
involved Dana and Alexis. They were his world… his
future, and if he had anything to say about it, he wasn’t
going to lose them now.
Eric and Jeff got to the scene of the crash at almost the
same time and Jeff’s legs collapsed out from under him
when he saw the condition of Dana’s car. They had used
the Jaws of Life to peel the roof of the vehicle off to get
Dana and Alexis out of it. Jeff’s eyes were wild as he
scanned the scene for some sign of the two most important
females in his life. “Where are they?” he asked desperately.
“God, Eric… Where the fuck are they?”
The EMT came over to them and cleared his throat
importantly. “Nothing to see here… move on boys.”
    “But…” Jeff argued with
crazed eyes; the desperation in
his voice as clear as the day was long. Eric wrapped his
arm around his little brother and patted his shoulder
reassuringly. “The woman and child from that car… where
are they?” he asked patiently.
    “I’m afraid I can’t …” the EMT began to explain. Eric
interrupted him before Jeff could do it, since he knew that
if his brother did anything, it would be to deck the
ambulance driver first and explain himself after the fact.
    “They’re my brother’s family,” he said kindly. “Give the
guy a break will you, and just tell him where his daughter
is?”
“And Dana…” Jeff said desperately, looking around again.
“Please… I can’t lose them.”
    The EMT nodded his head, finally understanding the
situation. “Your daughter was lifeflighted about five
minutes ago… I’m afraid your wife’s condition was much
worse… she was taken by lifeflight first.”
Jeff almost fell over again and Eric caught him. “Could you
see that my brother’s truck is towed back to the mechanic’s
garage? Our sister will know what to do with it and she’s
there. I’ll drive my brother in to the hospital so he can be
with his family. Thank you for your help.”
    “I wish I had better news,” the EMT told them as they
scrambled back into Eric’s truck. Jeff was as white