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Whether it was Millie’s body shifting as she regained consciousness or her tiny , Seth didn’t know or care He tightened his hold, cradling her on his lap, and kissed her forehead several ti, just rest Just rest”

He was lowering her onto their bed, kissing her closed eyelids, when the doctor entered the hotel room and told him to leave so he could examine her

Seth refused

After an exam, in which she responded to all the medical questions, often with sorrow-filled eyes, the doctor pulled Seth to the door “I can’t find anything wrong, Major, other than exhaustion”

Unable to drag his eyes off her, Seth watched as she rolled over, faced the wall and curled into a ball upon the bed

“Did the two of you have an argument?” the physician asked

“No,” Seth answered, his sto

“So her” The et some rest, and she’ll be fine”

Seth closed the door after the doctor left There’d been a hundred times he could have talked to her on the train, told her everything, yet when it came to her, he was as spineless as a dandelion It had taken little iven in, told himself they could talk later And noorry had her physically ill

At a loss, for he truly had no idea what to do, he crossed the roo when he slid an ar of inco her over, he pulled her close “Shh It’s all right You’re all right”

Shaking her head, rubbing her cheek against his shoulder, she whimpered, “I’m sorry, so sorry”

“Shh,” he repeated

She lay still for several moments, and then quietly said, “I left Mrs Ketchum’s books at the bookstore”

A sed at his lips, and he kissed the top of her head “No, the owner said she’d have them sent to the hotel” He recalled the woman’s words as he’d left the shop with his wife cradled in his arht then “You’ve spent the entire last week searching for things on that list”