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"Are you alright?" Came Bill's concerned voice forcing Cassie to look up at him, she nodded quickly wiping the tears from her eyes, watching as his eyes darkened as his fingers gently traced over the bruise, she winced slightly at the stinging sensation. "What happened?" He asked a second later, she could tell by his tone of voice his mood had darkened. She shrugged to his question, slightly confused herself as too what had actually happened.

"I-uh-I don't really know" she croaked, leaving the comfort of Bills arms to sit on the steps of her veranda. Running a shaky hand through her wavy hair "Beau started barking at something, and when I let him out, I followed him to the bar" she paused a minute focussing, trying o recall details "When I went inside, something grabbed me from behind smacking my head against the post, when I woke up the place was on f-fire." The emotion seeped through in her voice at the last part. From her seat on the steps, she looked past Bill to the dying embers of what was her bar, shaking her head in disbelief "What am I going to do Bill?"