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Her dark eyes gleamed with the mystery I’d come to love about her “I will try”

It was her standard response, sooodbyes in the cool pre-dawn light Soht in each other’s ar love ild abandonhts alone injust off the dustyhts and sounds of a life half a world away

I ran the back of olden, and perfect She glanced back at ain

“I want to meet your friends,” she said

“You’ve met my friends … e come for dinner”

Her father owned the small restaurant my unit frequented He loved Aht whenever we visited his establishet ere in the throes of war

“But I want to htly “I don’t want to sneak around anymore”

“I don’t like it either, but we need to wait until ned somewhere else And then we’ll tell your father” I sat up and pulled her hand into ether”

Until then I couldn’t afford for anyone to know about us

It was too dangerous While this village was considered safe, there were eyes and ears everywhere Some people who didn’t want us here and she could easily beco hurt This ar