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hunched slightly, obviously a bit embarrassed. “Hey, it’s good stuff.”
    His eyes widened as I hurried to the fridge and pulled out a creamer bottle. When I hugged it to me and called it my precious Alec started laughing. “Glad I’m not the only one who does that.”
    I doctored up a huge, Alec-sized mug of coffee and joined them at the island, grateful when they let me drink in silence.
    But I should’ve known it wouldn’t last.
    Samuel exchanged a look with Alec then he spoke. “Becca, the power is back on now and so is the Wi-Fi.”
    A sinking sensation formed in my belly as I watched him hesitate over his next words.
    “I went online to the local news station, for the weather reports—your picture came up.  It’s one of the top news stories,” Samuel said.
    I could feel the color draining from my face and gave a bitter laugh as I wondered how long I had before cops showed up. “Let me guess. I’m a person of interest in the murder of my boss?” I clenched my fists against the need to just lie down and give up. No, I won’t make it easy for David.
    Samuel nodded while Alec said gently, “We haven’t told anyone you’re here.”
    My mouth dropped open as I nearly fell over in relief. “Why?”
    Samuel shrugged. “When we brought you in, you had hypothermia. You rambled a bit in your sleep and said some things. We thought at first that it may have been just some bad dreams but when I read the story…Well, I wondered.”
    “What did I say?” Not that it mattered. Why would they believe me?
    “You said Tony. That’s your boss, right?” At my nod he continued, “You were scared and told him to look out, that David had a knife. There wasn’t much else.”
    Alec took my shaking hand in his. “You can trust us.”
    Could I really?
    What choice did I have? Even if I couldn’t convince them about what really happened I owed them truth. No…I wanted to give them the truth.
    So I took a deep breath and started from the beginning. “I live and work in a small town in the Oklahoma panhandle, at a small diner attached to the truck stop. There’s this cop that came in a lot. Flirted with me.” I sighed. “I thought he was cute, not that it matters.”
    Alec gave a soft growl that had Samuel shooting him a warning look before saying, “Okay.”
    “I worked days but that night I stopped by in the middle of the night. I had gotten back from visiting a friend in Enid, a few hours away. Decided to get a drink before going home. When I got out I heard Tony’s voice from behind the diner. I had also seen the police car in the parking lot, so I was concerned.” I grimaced as I remembered my stupidity. “Tony liked to get BJ’s from the hookers that frequent truck stops. He’d give them free food and stuff like that. A place they could clean up and rest. He’d also warn them who to stay away from.” I remembered Tony explaining himself to me when I had caught him. I also thought of all the small kindnesses I had seen from him, to me and others. I shrugged as I tried to defend him. “He was a little sleazy, but he wasn’t a bad guy.” It bothered me that they might not understand.
    “Okay, you’re the one that knew him. Keep going,” Alec said when I paused.
    I took a deep breath as I saw it unfold again. The flash of the knife as it caught the light from one of the parking lot lights. “I looked around the corner and David, the cop I told you about, he had Tony pinned against the wall. There was a girl on the ground, not moving. Then I saw David stab Tony.”
    “And you ran.” Samuel’s gentle voice was understanding.
    “Yeah, I did call the police in Guymon, the next closest town, but the person I talked to berated me for making a crank call about a good cop, so I didn’t give my name. I didn’t have to. My roommate Katie called a few minutes later to say the cops were looking for me.”
    “David?” Alec growled.
    “Yes. He must’ve seen me.” I rubbed my face. “Likely decided