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"You said you weren’t going to drag this out," Parker reminded him irritably

Garrett’s jaw clenched and he wanted o back in tin he had to do If theit was that you never leave a man behind

He left a man behind His man His best friend and Parker’s fiancé When Milo first got that assigno, Garrett went to his superiors and practically begged for per in the pit of his stoo to the Do Officer refused his request though They needed hi technical concerns The Doathering job, nothing out of the ordinary that would require Garrett to leave his desk job and go back on an op

This was his chance to ease his guilty conscience for not being there for his friend and for Parker losing the man she loved Garrett and Parker could find out the truth once and for all

"I’ht-hundred"

Garrett watched the color drain fro this to her right now She’d been through soto have to deal with

Parker shook her head back and forth in denial when Garrett told her he was goingthere He couldn’t Why would he do this to her? She couldn’t lose hinment to the Dominican, Park I just found out this afternoon," Milo had told her over dinner

It had been the first night in a long tiether and talking like a normal couple

"Well that’s shitty ti When do you leave?" Parker asked as she scooped a slice of lasagna onto both their plates

"In three days after briefing Parker, I have to be there at least a rettably admitted

"Shit! We’re supposed to meet with the caterers next week to finalize the menu And you still haven’t been fitted for your tux," Parker complained

"I know, I know I pro that’s left to do"

She pushed aside the feelings of hurt and confusion that always surfaced when Milo put off doing so a lot lately She knew there was nothing he could do about being called away for work; she just wished it wasn’t happening at the worst possible est step of their lives together, and she couldn’t get Milo to talk to her about anything of i why he’d been so distant and troubled lately

More often than not she had felt like they were drifting away froued with doubts about the two of thenore the problenment, she would force hiet back on track

Three months later he still wasn’t home and neither she nor Garrett had heard from him in almost a month When two naval officers knocked on her door on that coldin February and offered their condolences, she berated herself for ever doubting hi on the sidewalk looking at Garrett, she hated herself for beinghi her fiancé

Chapter Two

The day Parker met Garrett and Milo was a moment in time she’d always play over and over in her head She would never give up the time she spent with Milo, but just like in any relationship, there were always "What ifs?"