He thought that he’d missed something while talking to Dr. Baylor and that it was important. He hadn’t been afraid. That was the trigger. Once Baylor jabbed him in the back with the gun, once the shock wore off from being startled, only the horror of the actual crime remained. Matt knew from his experience as a soldier in Afghanistan that fear was an instinctual response. Fear wasn’t something he could control. Fear couldn’t be switched on or switched off. Fear was an automatic response to danger and went side by side with his will to live. Matt understood exactly who Baylor was and what he’d done to four innocent young women. Baylor had the Glock 17 and had taken charge of Matt’s weapon and cell phone. Matt had every reason to be frightened of the man. So why didn’t his body perform the way it should have? What had overridden his natural response to being held by a madman? Matt had always relied on his instincts and his imagination to survive, and he didn’t understand what was going on.
