Chapter 12 Hiding In Plain Sight

• He was barely conscious, Roxanne thought apprehensively as she managed to swim, floundering piteously, keeping him afloat as best as she could in the raging waters.
• Thankfully, the darkness of the evening that had descended upon them furtively, affording them cover. She could see flashlights behind them, way down the river bank and ducked back, hiding behind some weeds that grew around them. And then…she sobbed as she finally trod water, and crawled to the land dragging the near unconscious man behind her, arms aching with the effort.
• Flopping down on land, beside him, she panted and pulled the man with her,