My agitated pulse and my anger calmed a little when I considered that possibility. Then the sound of fast footsteps on metal reached me, and I hid behind a refrigeration unit immediately. Andre pressed himself harder against me.
“Johanna!” Luke’s voice called, and my soul returned to my body.
“Lucas! Oh, Luke, thank Heaven!” I exclaimed, and peeked out.
“Are you alright? Is the boy with you?”
Luke finished climbing up onto the terrace with a jump and came toward us. Andre pulled away from me and stood up on his own, now trembling from cold as much as I was. The sheriff looked at us with great relief on his feline face streaked with blood, and he took off his county police jacket, the only thing he was wearing over his torso. He handed the garment to me, and I didn’t hesitate to wrap An
