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Jordan's started to walk back toward the market when a scream escaped her mouth as she felt herself being thrown to the ground. She rolled over in shock to see Andy staggering toward her. Painfully she scampered to her feet and ran in the direction she had seen Clark walk a few minutes earlier. The piercing ringing in her ears kept her from hearing the sirens and from discovering what had really happened or Andy calling out to her. The crowds were growing thicker it seemed as she scanned for a familiar face other than Andy's. Jordan was sure that whatever happened back in the alley was not real. "Was he trying to hurt me?" Jordan stated not realizing she was shouting. An arm reached out through the crowd and grabbed Jordan's shoulder and she screamed in shock and pain. She was not sure who had grabbed her but she definitely was not about to wait around to find out so she took off running through the thick crowds, trying to get away from whomever was trying to hurt her. Sand was scratching her feet as it got in her sandals so she stopped long enough to take her sandals off. There were sirens going everywhere but Jordan's ears were still ringing and she was too scared to realize what she was actually hearing. Breathless and now hurting Jordan finally made it back to her hotel where she headed straight for the front desk to report the incident at the market and to call the local police.

A doctor who just happened to see her entering the hotel from the beach checked her over and stayed with her till the police arrived. Her shoulder had been bruised and she had scrapes and scratches all over. Once her ears stopped ringing enough for her to speak clearly she told the police Officer, hotel manager, and doctor what she had assumed had happened. Each one looked from one to the other as they listened to her story before the Officer finally told her that a bomb had exploded behind her and caught the cafe on fire as well. It took several hours before the whole ordeal was over because the police were trying to investigate the alley and fire fighters were on the scene trying to extinguish the burning restaurant. The hotel manager came to make sure that Jordan was doing all right and, to say that she could stay at the hotel free of charge for the rest of her stay. Jordan thanked him and tried to sound grateful but it was hard considering the fact that she had just been through and explosion that could have killed her.