EXCERPT FROM BETRAYED - A romantic suspense novel | Page 50

MORGAN ST. JAMES Blackness descended. Everything was still. The next thing I heard sounded like lots of people rushing back and forth. A strong medicinal odor hung in the air. Voices fired questions. “Your name? If you can you hear me, what’s your name?” At first the words came through in patches. Then they became clear. “Don’t think she heard you, Doc. Man, what a pity.” Might have been a real good lookin’ kid at one time. She sure is a mess now.” Another voice said, “Yeah, makes me sick when I see things like this!” A woman’s voice said, “Come on, come on, okay. Pulse coming up a little. Gotta get her body temperature up. No telling what’s been done to her. We’ll get some pictures when she stabilizes a bit more. See what’s going on inside. My money says she was raped.” A voice with the familiar Chicago twang added, “Doc, we haven’t got a clue about who she is or where she came from. When they found the poor kid, she was naked. Not a lot of places to hide any ID you know. If those little boys hadn’t found her, she would have frozen to death.” Even to