I sighed in relief and crossed the arena picking up my bull rope.It was then that I realized the arena was in total chaos. I looked at the other chute... to see if anyone needed help. There was one cowboy who had been knocked off the bull and was pinned between the bull and the back of the chute.I opened the gate to release the bull. The bull entered the arena and quickly entered the exit gate. I helped to remove the unconscious cowboy. All this action took place within a short few minutes. The. ” I had trouble forming the word out of pure awe at the hunk before me. He had the body of a runner, with excellent muscle structure that wasn’t too subtle yet not too overbearing. Underneath the scarlet cowl, he looked at me with shiny blue eyes. His smile was warm and inviting. “Do you live far? I’d be happy to escort you home.” “Shouldn’t we call the police?” Something seemed to skip a beat, maybe I had blinked too quickly, but I felt a soft burst of wind and a change in the air pressure. I. Coincidently another friend of mine asked us to join her for some old art house movie later that day and we all decided to meet up. We got the tickets and everything. I was so excited to meet her. But just before the movie I reached the theater they both texted to say that couldn’t make it. As I was already at the theater and had the tickets I decided to kill some time watching this movie and went in any way.There were just a handful of people in the room.”Great”, I said to myself “This movie. Her short straight brown hair, loose-fitting clothes, and quiet personality let her blend into the background. She had been a floor manager at a local supermarket since graduating high school and had the same boyfriend since then too. Four years now. She volunteered to help abused girls and mentored them.Every now and then she told her boyfriend that she had to go visit a relative that needed her help and she’d be gone a couple of days. He was never invited along. He did notice that she was.