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him, or had he completely ruined her evening? Alex tried to push the thoughts out of his head. He refused to let his guilt distract him from his current duty. He poured his coffee and returned to the emergency department to wait.
    Alex passed the time exchanging small talk with a few of the nurses until an ambulance arrived with a cardiac arrest. Alex watched as several firefighters and the EMS crew, one doing chest compressions and the other ventilating the patient, casually greeted the nurses as they walked the stretcher into one of the critical care rooms. It struck Alex as odd that the staff didn’t run beside the gurney with a doctor shouting orders, like on the TV medical dramas. It was more like a routine, just another day at the office. But, then again, his job wasn’t at all like the police dramas either.
    Janet finally emerged from the room two and a half hours after she entered.
    “Well, what did you find?” Alex said.
    “She has some scrapes on her face and hands where she was pushed to the ground from behind. There are bruises that look like possible ligature marks on both wrists. Evidently, at some point, her hands were bound behind her.” Janet handed him the sealed evidence kit. “I looked for a needle mark in all the obvious places, but didn’t see anything.”
    “A needle mark?” Alex said, as he signed the chain of custody form.
    “I figure if she doesn’t remember anything, she must have been either knocked out or drugged. If it was a drug, it would have probably been injected. I think it would be hard to get her to swallow something during an attack.”
    “Do you think?” Alex asked with a note of sarcasm.
    Janet placed her elbow on the counter. “I could see under the UV light that there was semen, but there wasn’t really much evidence of vaginal trauma. I drew blood and did all the swabs. She’s ready for you, if you want to talk to her.”
    “Thanks.” Alex approached the exam room then turned to Janet. “I just need a chaperone, if you wouldn’t mind.”
    “Sure thing.”
    Janet knocked on the door and slowly opened it. As they entered, the woman on the exam table withdrew, pulling the sheet up around her neck. “Who is he?”
    “It’s okay.” Janet said
    “My name is Detective Sergeant Alex Mendez.” He held his badge in front of him for the woman to see. “I’m with the Cypress Village Police. Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?”
    “I already told the nurse everything.” She pointed toward Janet, who had taken a position leaning against the wall.
    “Yes ma’am, I understand, but I need you to tell me.” Alex smiled warmly, as he sat on a stool next to the exam table. Alex understood the need to be on her level. He didn’t want to seem intimidating by towering over her.
    She was, what Alex considered to be, an attractive woman. She looked to be in her mid thirties and was obviously in great physical condition. The scrapes on her face, the running make up and her disheveled blonde hair couldn’t disguise the fact that she took good care of herself.
    She let out a long sigh. “How many times will I have to go over this?”
    “Just this once,” Alex smiled. “Can you tell me what happened?”
    The woman closed her eyes for a moment. “I was jogging on the track out at McMannus Park when someone knocked me to the ground from behind.”
    “And, about what time was that?”
    “It was probably close to eleven.” She sniffed and wiped her eyes with a well used tissue. “I run five miles and it usually takes about an hour. I think I was on my last lap, so yea, around eleven.”
    “Did you get a look at the attacker?”
    “No. I landed on my stomach and he was on my back as soon as I hit the ground.”
    “Did he say anything?”
    “No…not a word.” The woman furrowed her brow as if she had just realized that this struck her as odd.
    “And, then what happened?”
    “The next thing I remember was waking up on the ground, naked.” A solitary tear ran