Regardless, he couldn’t leave her in the water. The lake was cold, even this time of year, and she’d get hypothermia. Training kicked in and he lifted her from the water to carry her inside. His house backed to the lake. Five steps and they’d be at his fence, in his yard. He’d get her inside and warmed up. Once she came to, he’d get some answers. If he didn’t like those answers, a phone call and an ambulance ride would get her out of his hair.
Bandit jumped around in the water and swam to shore right behind him, tail still wagging like she’d lost her little mind.
“You know something I don’t, girl?” Tim walked under the raised porch and yanked the sliding glass door to his basement open with his thumb. Careful not to bang the unconscious woman’s head on the doorframe, he turned sideways a
