With Luke, an expert in jungle warfare, choosing the most convenient route, the four of them returned to Stephen's log cabin in less than ten minutes.
At that moment, all four of them were soaked.
Luke put Steve on a chair on the porch and found the car keys.
A few minutes later, Luke and Selina got into the front seat. Steve was lying in the backseat, and Jenny could only look after her boyfriend in the backseat.
The Ford pickup started and headed down the hill.
Luke wasn't in a hurry. Although Steve wasn't in a good condition, it wasn't a critical moment.
It would be fatal if he drove the car into a ravine or a cliff on the side of the road.
With Elementary Driving, it only took Luke thirty minutes to return to No. 37 Middle School's campsite on the mountain road in the pouring rain.
Luke parked the car in front of Juliet's room and knocked on the door.
Juliet opened the door and was surprised to see that Luke was fully equipped. "What's wrong?"
Luke said, "A tourist at the campsite is seriously injured and needs to be treated as soon as possible. Where's the nearest hospital?"
Juliet said, "I know where the hospital is. I'll take you there right away."
Luke stopped her. "Juliet, your job is to look after the students here. Also, it's not safe to drive on the road right now. Just tell me where the hospital is."
Juliet's heart is good, but her driving skills are not good enough. If she drives too fast in the pouring rain, she might have an accident.
Juliet thought it made sense. She wasn't that confident in her driving skills.
She quickly found a map in her room and pointed at a red dot on it. "This is Hatchy-Mobis Hospital, which is the nearest hospital to the campsite. In the past, we would send students and instructors who needed emergency treatment there. The medical care there isn't bad, and it usually only takes thirty minutes to drive there. You can use this map. I have more here. "
Luke thanked her and took a picture of the map with his fake phone as he examined it. He then turned around and said, "Thanks, Juliet. I probably won't be back tonight. "
Juliet followed him to the door and shouted, "Drive carefully. Call me if you need anything."
Luke made an "OK" gesture and got into the car. He quickly left the campsite and rushed onto the road.
They had a safe journey.
Juliet's map was fine, and the hospital was prominent.
Forty minutes later, Steve was sent to the emergency room.
Looking at the two women who were shivering like drowned rats, Luke said to Jenny, "Wait for Steve here. Don't leave. I'll take Annie to buy something, okay? "
Jenny trembled and nodded, but her eyes were fixed on the door of the emergency room.
Seeing that, Luke knew that she wouldn't leave easily because she was worried about her boyfriend, so he hugged Annie, who was also trembling, and walked out.
After asking the nurse at the front desk, they got into the car and found a 24-hour supermarket.
After they entered, Luke went to the clothing section and asked Annie to pick clothes for herself and Jenny.
When it came to this, women were still better at it. Luke could at most roughly estimate the size of a cup, but he wasn't an expert at anything else.
Luke picked up some towels and daily necessities, as well as some food and bottled water. He then bought a big backpack and paid for everything.
On the way back to the hospital, he found a motel about a hundred meters away from the hospital and booked a room for Annie to take a shower and change her clothes.
Luke took off his own equipment and put away his gun, holster and bulletproof vest.
After Annie came out in a big bath towel, he took a quick shower in the bathroom.
When he came out, he smiled at Annie. "Can you still hold on? If you can, go to the hospital with Jenny. At the very least, let her change her clothes. It's not convenient for me to do this with her. "
Even though Annie was still shaken, she couldn't help but laugh and spit at him. "In your dreams."
She had been drenched in the storm several times today, and her clothes were all soaked. Naturally, Jenny wasn't an exception. How could she let Luke watch her change?
They returned to the hospital refreshed, and Luke persuaded Jenny to find a place to change into dry clothes before coming back.
After the two women left, he took out his phone and called the police.
Actually, the hospital must've already called the police. He was just leaving a file.
More than ten minutes later, the sheriff arrived.
Luke showed his ID and told them what he knew.
As he spoke, Annie and Jenny returned.
Annie was carrying a bunch of transparent plastic bags, which contained the jackets and pants that the two women had changed out of, but not their clothes.
Luke gave the plastic bags to the sheriff and said, "These are the evidence."
Stumped for a moment, the sheriff smiled bitterly. "Well, thank you for your cooperation, Detective Luke."
Luke didn't think much of it. "It's good that you have less work to do."
Of course, the sheriff agreed.
It was a lot more convenient to have someone in the same line of work.
Then, another sheriff came, and the two of them began to question Annie and Jenny respectively.
After a while, both sheriffs didn't look too good.
One of the older sheriffs walked over and gestured for Luke to talk.
After talking for a while, Luke knew that this was going to be a little tricky.
Those kids were from the town on the other side of the mountain, and these two were the sheriffs of the town on this side.
If they wanted to arrest someone, one option was to go up the mountain right now.
The other option was to talk to the sheriff of the town on the other side before they went over to arrest the person.
Looking at the storm outside the window, Luke didn't think that the two sheriffs would have the courage to go up the mountain in the middle of a thunderstorm.
Going to the town on the other side of the mountain, on the other hand, was a different matter.
Luke had no intention of instructing the sheriffs on how to handle a case. He made it clear that he was just a bystander, and that it was up to them to handle the case themselves.
He had never been the kind of person who liked to meddle in other people's business, even when he became a police officer.
He had achieved his goal after rescuing Annie, Steve, and Jenny.
Given Steve's injuries, if he was determined to sue those kids, there was a good chance that they would be sent to juvenile hall, and the parents of those kids would go bankrupt.
Many "professional" lawyers wanted to take on such a serious personal injury case.
Of course, Luke would keep an eye on the case.
He wouldn't act rashly, but once he confirmed something, he wouldn't mind coming back for a weekend.
The two sheriffs were relieved. At the very least, they didn't have to risk their lives to go up the mountain overnight.
The identities of those kids weren't a secret, and they couldn't all run away.
The police work in the town on the other side of the mountain was also entrusted to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, and it would be easier to communicate with the county police on this case.
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