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and Brenda slipped through it. I

followed and then quickly relatched

it.

We were both breathing hard as

we dropped to rest on a hay bale. She

turned to thank me, even as the tears

from her pain rolled down her face.

“If you had been even a second later,

I’m sure he would have killed me.

How did you know to come to my

rescue?”

I couldn’t even answer that. I

only knew that something in me had

said to run.

I just shrugged. “I guess you

must have a good guardian angel.”

She nodded. “Maybe, counting

you, I have two of them.”

I smiled. “How’s your hand?”

She felt it with her other hand. “I

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