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down my side. After a brief moment, she stood and walked back towards the kitchen.
    “She’ll be fine. She’s weak, probably from loss of blood and exhaustion. She’s also probably a little dehydrated. You did a great job, whatever you did. I didn’t really touch her much. I didn’t want to startle her. I only touched enough to see what I could get and checked her energy. I’ll need to quickly do a more thorough check when she’s awake, and before we leave. I’m going to wake her before I move her. I need her to be aware of what’s going on so she doesn’t panic.” Daisy’s words broke off abruptly. After a moment she spoke again in a concerned voice, “What’s wrong?”
    “Logan, has ordered us to protect the woman and bring her home. Apparently she stumbled upon those scumbags trying to kill Ethan.”
    “What?” Daisy’s voice was shocked. “Is Ethan ok?”
    He’s fine. Let’s go, Daisy.”
    “Ok, yes, let’s go,” Daisy sounded flustered and worried now. “Her name is Lela by the way.”
    “How do you know that?” Jordan asked, momentarily distracted.
    “I looked in her backpack and found her driver’s license,” Daisy responded matter of factly.
    When had she gone through my backpack? Wasn’t it right on the side of the sofa near me? I turned over to see. Yep, there it was.
    “You snooped?” Jordan hissed, his voice sounded as appalled as I felt.
    “Of course, I did. We needed to identify her. And, apparently you never thought to ask her,” she teased. I wondered how she could tease now when everything felt so tense to me. But, then her voice gentled, “We need to go. It really will be fine, Jordan. Trust me and trust yourself.”
    “Logan wants to talk to you,” Jordan said tightly. After a moment Daisy began speaking again. Her voice was all seriousness now.
    “Logan? Logan , what’s happening?”
    I wondered who Logan was. There was silence, and then Daisy continued , recapturing my attention.
    “Oh my God ! Is he ok?” More silence. “Yes, ok. I understand.”
    I could hear Jordan moving around in the other rooms of the cabin before heading back to the kitchen.
    “Logan says we have to get out of here,” Daisy stated briskly. “It’s going to be fine – ”
    “It is not going to be fine!” Jordan growled, cutting her off. “Logan is just cranky because he’s been left alone with those heathen kids of his, and he’s taking it out on me.”
    “Oh, Jordan, come on,” She countered sounding angry now. “Who else is going to protect her? We’re here and she’s clearly in a lot of danger. She stumbled around in the wrong place at the wrong time. But, if she hadn’t, Ethan would probably be dead. Personally, I’m grateful and will help her in any way I can.”
    “You’re right. I’m sorry, Daisy,” he said sounding mildly contrite. “My stomach clenches at the idea that, while Logan and I had been here enjoying the beach and playing around, Ethan had been being tortured and starved. According to Logan he’d managed to escape but was so weak that regular people had been able to capture him. They’d been about to execute him when this woman stumbled across the scene and distracted the would be murderers.”
    “Indeed. We owe Ethan’s life to this woman,” Daisy snapped.
    “But, having her guarded by me seems poor payment for her good deed,” came Jordan’s low, cryptic reply.
    Daisy made an irritated lip popping sound. Who the heck was Ethan? And, what where they talking about? My mind was whirling.
    “Look, I’m going to go wake her now. We need to go quickly.”
    “I’ll gather up her clothes and my things and pack up the car while you’re getting her up,” Jordan sounded chagrin ed.
    I sat up now with my eyes open and got my first glimpse of this Daisy person. She was quite pretty actually. She had sandy hair and a thin, athletic body. She seemed tall, at least taller than me. Considering I am vertically challenged, she might just seem tall to