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He caught up with her as she was entering a dingy park across the street. The park was so small it was
hardly the width of a city street, with a pitiful swing set and a teeter-totter that looked like it could deal
death to unwary toddlers. The sodden sandbox was full of mud and a squatting cat, doing what Jared
didnтАЩt want to think about. But the park, he saw with alarm, had one advantage for an ambush: trees
pressed in closely on all sides but one and hardly anyone could see them from the street.

тАЬWhat the hell is goingтАФтАЭ was as far as he got before Kara seized his arm, kicked over a park bench
and forced him behind it.

тАЬStay down,тАЭ she said firmly, тАЬand out of the way.тАЭ

тАЬWhat am I, your dog? YouтАЩre not the boss of me. IтАФтАЭ He trailed off as Kara spun to deal with the
accountants who had been following them.

He recognized the men. They had been, he realized, the last customers to take seats in the restaurant.
They must have followed him and Kara right out the door into the park. There were three, all
average-looking men with ordinary builds, nice suits and expensive haircuts. Before he could figure out
just when Kara had gone crazy and started attacking business executives, he noticed the one closest to
her had his hand stiffened in a wicked looking chop. Kara ducked under the blow and kicked the man
high up on the ribs. Jared winced as the evil accountant bent, whooshing for breath and cradling his side.

The second one groped in his pocket and whipped out a penтАжbut it wasnтАЩt a pen, it was a three-foot
long antenna that whistled through the air like a blade. Kara reached out, almost casually and at the same
time she caught the guyтАЩs wrist, she brought her knee crashing into his groin. But the third one was
flanking her, moving past KaraтАЩs sight line and awfully close to Dr. Jared Dean, E.R. resident and
pissed-off would-be boyfriend. The creep was going to bushwhackhis Kara?

тАЬMistake!тАЭ he yelled, as he shoved the park bench over. It caught bad guy #3 just behind the knees,
effectively tumbling him face-first to the damp ground. Jared pounced and in mid-air imagined himself
landing on the bad guyтАЩs back, forcing the air out of his lungs and reigning triumphant.

Instead, the man flipped over quick as a snake and as JaredтАЩs knees thudded to the ground on either
side of KaraтАЩs assailant, a walloping pain exploded in JaredтАЩs nose.

He clapped both hands to his face, tasting blood and wondering dazedly when the bad guy had had time
to throw a punch. As the man reared to a sitting position, Jared brought his head forth in a crude but
effective head-butt.Now , he thought with grim humor,thereтАЩs two of us holding our faces and
thinking about throwing up.

Hard fingers seized his ear and hauled him straight up. тАЬPutz!тАЭ Kara hissed, just before she kicked
JaredтАЩs bad guy in the chin, snapping his head back into the dirt. Jared looked around blearily and noted
with no real surprise that KaraтАЩs two assailants were down for the count.

тАЬAre you talking to me?тАЭ he asked thickly, then spat to clear his throat. тАЬAnd let go of my ear, willya?тАЭ

тАЬHow did you ever get your medical license if you canтАЩt. Follow. Directions.тАЭ Without a look at the
unconscious men, she was marching Jared out of the park, across the street, back to his apartment. She
never let go of his ear. She never stopped scolding him in a furious whisper. Finally, he reached up and
pried her fingers loose.