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taking his eyes off Nicole.
    “You're welcome.” The woman replied, then blushed as if just noticing how hot he was. “Ah, well you
    take care and stay out of the way of anymore running males.” she told Nicole, then with one last look
    at Damon she walked away.
    Nicole snorted. “No problem there and thanks.”
    Jared ran in as soon as Debbie walked away. “Good God Nicole, are you okay?” Jared knelt down. “I
    saw you take that hit.”
    “Yeah I'm okay.” She replied, but wasn't really sure if she was or not since she hadn't tried to stand up
    yet.
    “If we ever play football you're on my team.” Jared chuckled shaking his head amazed. “Damn,
    woman.”
    “Unfortunately, I think I would be a one hit player.” she grinned. Putting her hands down she tried to
    push herself to her knees. Once there she waited to see if the dizziness would make another
    appearance. When it didn't she put one foot on the floor and tried to stand. Her body protested and her
    eyes closed as pain shot up her back. Easing herself back down, she moaned. “Maybe I'll just stay here
    tonight. I don't really mind the stickiness and smell.”
    Damon was there in a flash picking her up then carefully setting her on her feet without letting go. “Go
    slow, honey.” He watched her carefully.
    Jared stepped back, looking at Damon shocked, as did Pam. Jared looked at Pam with raised eyebrows
    asking a silent, 'Did he just call her honey?' Pam's eyebrows raised in answer.
    Nicole let Damon lead her to a bar stool. Once seated, she took a deep breath and winced at the sharp
    pain throbbing in her ribs. Grabbing her side she bent slightly to see if that would ease the pain. “Who
    was that guy?”
    Damon watched her closely, ready to catch her if she started to fall. “Are you sure you're okay?”
    “Yeah, I'm sure. Just working the kinks out” Nicole frowned. “Now would you please stop answering
    my questions with questions. What's going on?”
    “What the hell are you doing here Nicole?” Damon frowned hearing how harsh he sounded, but
    dammit, seeing her like this was killing him and he didn't know why. He hardly knew the woman and
    yet her pain was his pain. And it pissed him off that he had been the cause of her pain.
    “I was having a beer and dancing with Pam. We come here to unwind sometimes on Fridays.” Nicole
    couldn't take her eyes off his face. He was so handsome. His eyes were getting lighter, but still hinted at
    the blackness she seen earlier. His features were strong and harsh with his midnight black hair framing
    his high cheekbones and square chin. “What are you doing here?”
    Jared walked up at that point not seeming to notice the tension hovering over the two or he didn't
    really care. “That guy that landed on you was an assassin looking to take out a target. We were here to
    stop him.”
    “Are you serious?” Nicole's mouth dropped open as she absorbed what Jared had revealed and what
    she and Pam had been in the middle of. “Who was he after? Did you find out?”
    Jared shook his head. “We have no idea, before we could figure it out he made his move so we had to
    make ours. We think he was hired by a higher up in the...”
    Damon slapped Jared in the chest and pushed him back. “I think you need to go and make sure
    everything is getting taken care of.”
    “Duncan has already taken him to headquarters.” Jared allowed Damon to push him toward the door.
    “What the hell is your problem?”
    “Your mouth.” Damon growled. “Go on, I'll be there later.”
    Jared eyed him then looked over Damon's shoulder at Nicole and Pam. “I'll see you two tomorrow.”
    He told the women, then with one last WTF look at Damon, Jared turned and left.
    Damon walked back to the two women. “Come on.” He took Nicole's elbow. “Let's get you checked
    out and then home.”
    “I'm fine. Just get me home.” Nicole straightened up slowly.
    “I think you should get checked out Nicole.” Pam grabbed their stuff