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almost two years, but they talked occasionally or emailed, usually when Mia had a business question as part of her work for a large advertising firm in Portland.
    Glancing at Kagan now, he knew he’d been there to help her. He’d been the one responsible for getting her out of the kitchen. His first thought had been for her.
    He laced their fingers and for the first time, took in the scene. He’d never seen anything like it. Cascade had escaped this sort of misfortune until now. Two fire trucks and several ambulances and police cars with lights flashing blocked the parking lot. People clung to one another. Moisture hung in the air with the scent of singed wood.
    Brett wove through the crowd. “Thank God you’re okay.Your father would never forgive me if something happened to you while I was here.”
    Kagan stopped walking. “Go away, Brett.”
    “Hey,” Brett said, reaching a hand out to touch her.
    Shane got between them and wrapped an arm around Kagan. “I’m taking care of her, Brett.” He brushed the hair off her face and cupped her cheek. He slid his thumb across trembling full lips that made him want to forget his past mistakes. “I’m hers for the rest of the night so go back to your hotel. You can call her tomorrow.” He knew he was taking this boyfriend thing too far, but he couldn’t help himself.
    Without waiting for a response, Shane guided them back in the direction of the paramedic and the ambulance in the distance. He searched the crowd again with an eye out for Erin. He needed to be sure she was in one piece too.
    Lucky for him, he didn’t have to look far. She sat in the ambulance they approached, her legs dangling out the back. A paramedic appeared to be working on her hand.
    “Oh, I’m so glad you guys are okay,” Erin said.
    “What happened?” Kagan asked, quickly moving to her side. “Hey, Troy.”
    “Hi, Kagan,” the paramedic said. He looked vaguely familiar to Shane. “Erin cut her hand on a broken beer bottle, and I’m administering a little TLC.”
    Erin rolled her eyes. “So not necessary. I’ve done far worse rock climbing.”
    “Do you know if there were any other injuries?” Kagan asked in between coughs. She sat next to Erin when motioned to do so by the paramedic who’d found them.
    Troy darted a quick glance at Kagan before his attention went back to Erin’s hand. “I think most everyone got out with only minor cuts or bruises.”
    “Thank goodness.” She looked around the parking lot, searching, Shane guessed, for Barney.
    The paramedic turned on a compressor and light mist came out of a tube opposite the mouthpiece in his hand. “Place this between your teeth and seal your lips around it,” the man said. Kagan nodded. “Take slow, deep breaths and if possible, hold each one for two to three seconds before you breath out. That way the medication can settle into your airways.”
    Kagan put the mouthpiece in, and Shane felt lightheaded. She’d put her life in danger to help someone without a second thought. He’d already started to admire her, but now he wanted to protect her too. What he wouldn’t give to change places with her right now.
    “The treatment takes about ten minutes,” the paramedic said. “When you hear a sputtering noise, that means there’s only a little medication remaining and you can stop.” Kagan nodded again. “I’ll be back. I’m going to check on a few others.”
    “What happened?” Erin asked.
    Shane stepped closer to Kagan and took her hand. “Kagan saved Barney, that’s what happened.”
    She shook her head and pointed at Shane. Huh. This no talking for the next ten minutes could be fun.
    “The guy weighed a ton and Kagan wasn’t leaving the kitchen without him.”
    Her eyes pleaded with him to stop, but she deserved the praise.
    “I think when he comes to and finds out what happened, he may crush on you.” One side of Shane’s mouth lifted.
    Kagan rolled her eyes and shook her head again.
    “The whole town