A man’s destiny can change in the blink of an eye and his world will never be the same again. That goes double for a man like Frank Knott, a hard-boiled bounty hunter hell bent on catching a killer. Like all justice seekers, a bounty hunter is most effective when he’s emotionally detached, keeping a lid on his feelings while tracking down a fugitive. It doesn’t matter whether the wanted man is a lone bad guy or a member of the mob, if there’s a murder warrant out for him, he’s got to be brought to justice. The easy way or the hard way. Plain and simple. No questions, no debate.That’s how Frank Knott approached his work until the fateful day a criminal struck close to home – then the job of catching a killer became personal. And that meant there would be no brakes on Frank’s violence meter.In this short story, Frank gives an account of a past chapter in his career, a dark chapter fraught with near-death close calls, severe depression and personal demons that nearly broke his will. The things he experienced on both sides of the Texas border during those days and nights were so deeply imprinted in his memory and on his psyche that they come to life vividly in his recollection fifteen years later.Readers of the four earlier Frank Knott crime fiction books will appreciate this close-up of Frank’s earliest days of chasing bad guys before becoming a private detective.