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when she spotted Gabe’s tranquilizer rifle. “Oh my God! They ate him!” The deputy bolted for the rifle, picked it up, and took aim at the bears. She advanced slowly into the grassy park. “Hold on, Gabe! It’s Candy! I’m coming to get you!”
    “Who the fuck is Candy?” I couldn’t help myself from feeling a bit threatened by the young deputy. She was an unquestionably beautiful brunette. Her ponytail hung down from under her ball cap, and her uniform was purposefully too small, every curve of her perfect shape was on full display.
    “And why is she heroically walking into a herd of grizzly bears to save your boyfriend? Hmm? Isn’t that your job?”
    “No. No. I’m overreacting. She’s probably doing what any deputy would do, considering the circumstances.”
    “Maybe. Candy’s pretty damn hot, though. By the way, do you call a group of bears a herd? Or is it a pack?”
    Gabe stopped running at the same time as the other bears. When he saw Candy with the rifle, he waved his paws in the air, fell to all fours, and ran in her direction.  Candy didn’t hesitate to pull the trigger. “THWACK.” A large tranquilizer dart hung from Gabe’s shoulder. He rolled over and swatted his paws at it. The drug must have been injected upon impact because his swings were awkward and feeble. He slowly laid his head down and his tongue hung uselessly from his slobbering mouth. The rest of the bears ran full speed in the opposite direction, out of town.
    “Gabe! Oh my God!” I sprinted to the snoring pile of fur. “Gabe?”
    “Get away from that bear! He could still hurt you.”
    “You don’t understand.”
    “I understand that bear was about to attack me. Now, please, get out of the area. It’s not safe.”
    Other deputies arrived on the scene and pulled me away. That’s when I really lost my cool and started swinging. The next thing I knew, I was cuffed and stuffed in the back seat of a squad car. Ezzy was still observing the scene, her red hair occasionally popping up from behind the hood of the car. I hoped she had a plan to break me free.
    A flatbed pickup truck hauling something like a huge piece of culvert, backed up to Gabe’s limp bear body. Large letters painted in red spelled out a warning. “Live bear trap. Stay away.” The truck had a hoist on the back, which was used to quickly lower the trap down. A group of uniformed officers attempted to drag the sleeping bear inside.
    The deputy in the front seat seemed amused with the operation unfolding in the square. He had smartass written all over his face when he turned around. “So, why is a pretty city girl like you getting all worked up over a big fat bear? You one of those bear lovers trying to stop bear hunting?”
    “Animal lover? You have no idea. Do you know where they are taking him?”
     “Who knows? I’d have him skinned and made into one hell of a rug, but that’s just me. See that guy in the blaze orange vest and purple glasses? He’s some fuzzy-brained egghead from the university. Been studying bears up here. He must be creaming his jeans over this shit. My guess is that he’s gonna have the beast hauled down to some science lab.” The deputy turned around and shook his finger. “At taxpayer expense. You know what? It’s a goddamn bear. Where the hell do they find people who have to go to college to know what a bear is? Waste of good money right there.”
    Another deputy leaned against the open window. “Hey Brian, Candy said the big bear ate Gabe. You know Gabe, the local warden. About a dozen more bears took off. The sheriff is calling up reserves and volunteers to hunt them down.”
    “Jesus! See lady? That’s why we hunt bears up here. Man-eaters and a public nuisance, that’s what they are.”
    “Holy smokes! Get a load of that hot chick you have back there.” The man stuck his head inside and leered at me. “How ya’ doin?”
    “How does it look like I’m doing? I’m locked up in the back of a squad car. Let me