Saving Us(64)

Right away, Rick held up his hands. “Alright! Alright! What do you want now?”

I froze. What was I supposed to do now? Was I supposed to let this man, who had possibly killed the father of my child, just go to prison? Oh hell no!

I aimed the gun at his thigh and fired. He grabbed his leg and screamed out in agony. “That was for all the times you lied to me.

I shot him in his arm. “That was for all the times you laid a hand on me.”

“Stop it! Please!” He was pleading with me to spare his life, but all I could see was Conner lying on that floor.

I shot him in the stomach. “That was for everything you did to me and the people I care about and for forcing Heather into hiding just because she didn’t want to hurt people anymore.”

He cried more. I knew he was in pain and all I wanted to do was smile. “Please, Amy. Call an ambulance. I’m going to bleed out here.”

“You stopped at nothing until you took him away from me. Was it that hard for you to know that I was truly happy? I hate you. You are the real life devil and you deserve to spend an eternity in Hell for what you’ve done.”

Rick made one last attempt to get to me. He threw his body in my direction and I fired.

His body slumped over me.

Heather helped me push him off so that I could stand up. We could hear police sirens in the far distance and knew help was coming.

She grabbed my hand and we both pushed open the back doors to the mail truck. Police cars surrounded the truck and we were met with officers running toward us. They surrounded the truck, but what they found wasn’t going to be what they expected. The only thing left inside was Rick’s lifeless body. He may have taken his first wife’s life. He may have ruined his second’s, but I’d be damned if I was going to let him take anything away from me anymore.

I kept hold of Heather’s hand until I saw the ambulance pulling up in the distance and then I ran as fast as my pregnant body would allow. The only place I wanted to be was with Conner. I just had to know if he was still alive.





Chapter 30

Conner



It was John. He was telling me to stay awake. That’s the only thing that I was sure of. Everything was blurry but I could make out his beard and the sound of his voice. A female voice started talking to me. My hopes of it being Amy were disappointing when I heard the slight Spanish accent. It was Lucy who was holding my hand.

One minute I was starting to be able to focus and then the next I wouldn’t be able to hold my eyes open at all. I wasn’t in that much pain. It was more that I was freezing.

I had to stay focused. I had to get to Amy.

I was fighting. There was no way for me to be sure how bad it was, but I knew I was seriously injured.

When I opened my eyes again, I could have sworn that I was seeing daylight. A rush of reality came over me when I wondered if I was dying. Soon, I felt someone putting something over my face. The loud sounds of rattling forced me to open my eyes. I think I was in an ambulance.

I tried to lift my head, but the person next to me pushed it back down. “Try to keep still.”

I didn’t want to keep still. I wanted to know where Amy was. I didn’t give a damn about going to a hospital. Not if she was out there somewhere with Rick. If I’d gotten injured that could only mean that Rick got away.

“Amy…” It probably didn’t even sound like her name out loud, but in my mind it came out right.

I thought about Amy, forcing myself to focus on just her. I couldn’t give up hope.

My body was in a battle with my mind. Although I tried to fight, I was playing a losing battle. My eyes became heavy again and I could feel myself losing control. Amy was the last thought I had before everything went to black.





Chapter 31

Amy



I watched the ambulance pulling away. In the distance I could see Colt’s truck approaching. Once he noticed me standing there with a blanket around me, he jumped out of his truck and came running my way. His hands reached out for my shoulders and he pulled me into his arms. “Damn, woman, you had us so worried. Where’s everyone else?”

I pulled away from Colt and started shaking my head.

“Conner? John?” His eyes were huge. I’d never realized how they were the exact color of Conner’s. I was consumed with angst and just collapsed to the ground. Colt kneeled down and touched my arm. “Amy?” He must have waived down an officer. “I need some help over here.”

They picked me up and carried me to the backseat of one of the squad cars. I was too upset to look at either of them. All I wanted was to know what was happening with Conner. Thankfully, Colt wanted the same answers.

“My cousin and John. Do you have any idea what happened?”