To look at Kandace Clarke, one would never know that she was blind. She stood tall and straight and carried herself well. Many men had admired her figure, the smoothness of here complexion and the soft shine of her shoulder length hair. Her Seeing Eye Dog, Chester, would guide her safely across the streets and along the sidewalks. The two of them moved as one, except for today. Kandance was found burised and beaten by muggers on the street of the Old Town District of Fort Collins by Lieutenant Jason Barrett, a detective on the Fort Collins Police Department. Chester had been seriously injured when he tried to protect his master. The search for Kandace's attackers led Jason to the back alleys of Fort Collins where he came upon an old woman who had found Kandace's briefcase. The clues Jason gathered led him to a run-down bar that had been used as a hideout by one of the muggers. When it was discovered that the muggers were trying to find Kandace to kill her so she could not identify them, Jason hid Kandace in his apartment. During this time with her in his protection, he came to see clearly the strength of this courageous woman