"Well, I guess I could," I replied, nervously scratching the back of my head. "I don't really want people to start thinking I've got superpowers or anything." She laughed as she pulled out her cell phone from her purse.

"Okay, we'll say it was a joint effort. He ran for it, you tripped him; I came in and knocked him out. Sound good?"

I smiled thankfully. "Sounds good."

Within minutes, the police were on the scene. Bright police car headlights and emergency lights were going off in all directions. Crap, was I nervous. I kept my cool as best as I could as we ran through our stories together for...