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at my uniform and began to hyperventilate and passed right out . ”
    “That doesn’t make sense,” Duncan said. “Why would she just pass out like that? She didn’t look or act sick last night.”
    “The only thing that I can think of is that she is either hiding something or running from something and the sight of my uniform scared her,” Logan said.
    Looking at Duncan, he asked, “Did she say anything to Ali last night about what she was doing in town?”
    “No, Ali said she did most of the talking and the only thing she knew about Cane was her name and that she was staying at the bed and breakfast for the week. She did act strange though. I shook her hand, and she acted like she was scared to death of me. She started trembling and practically ran from the diner. ” Duncan answered. “ What do you think, Doc?” Duncan turned to ask Dr. Barnes.
    “Well, I can’t find a medical reason for her to just pass out like that . S he is a very healthy girl.”
    “What do you mean ‘medical reason’?” Logan asked. “Would there be any other reason besides that?”
    “I’m not sure, but I think her body shut down to protect herself from an overload of stress and fear.”
    “Stress and fear?” It was Duncan who interrupted this time. “But Logan just walked up to her and didn’t even say anything. And last night all I did was walk up to her and shake her hand. Why would she be afraid of that?”
    “Well, I won’t know for sure until I see her medical records, but based on my exam of her and all the scars that I saw on her body, I would say that this young lady has had a very hard life. I am willing to bet my license that most of the scars were intentionally inflicted, and I’m guessing by a man. That is probably the reason why she is so scared of the both of you and not Ali,” Dr. Barnes said with a grim look.
    Logan began to pace the room . A fter about the fifth pass, he turned to Duncan and said, “Maybe we should run a check on her and see if anything comes up in the system.” He walked over to the table to where her backpack had been placed and picked it up. When he began to unzip it, Duncan jumped up and grabbed it.
    “What are you doing?” he asked.
    Logan just rolled his eyes and said, “Easy, big guy, I’m just checking to see if she has ID so that I can check her out.”
    “She hasn’t done anything wrong, and we are not going through…” Before Duncan could get the rest of the word out, Logan snatched the bag back and unzipped it.
    “What the fuck!” he yelled. Too curious, Duncan snatched the bag and looked inside.

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    Cane slowly came to. She could hear voices, but she couldn’t make out what they were saying. She felt like she was deep in a hole somewhere and was trying to climb out. Slowly opening her eyes and looking around, Cane saw that she was lying on a couch in what looked like an office. She tried to sit up but gave up when it felt like someone was banging drums inside her head. Moaning, she rolled over and tried to look around. She heard footsteps come from behind her and three men came into the room. One of them was Duncan, and he was dressed in the same sheriff’s department uniform she saw earlier. Meeting his eyes, her voice barely a whisper she said, “You’re a cop.”
    “I am the sheriff here . T his is my deputy and best friend Logan Summers, and this is Dr. Barnes. You are in his office because you passed out at the diner.”
    Not knowing what to say and feeling sick to her stomach, Cane just stared at the floor. She saw that her shoes had been removed and bent to put them back on. A hand landed on her shoulder, and she stiffened. She looked up and saw that it was the doctor, and he was looking at her the way all doctors do when they are examining a patient. Feeling anxious to get out of there, Cane shrugged his hand off her shoulder and quickly stood.
    The doctor frowned and asked, “Can you tell us why you passed out?”
    Giving what she hoped was