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“Isn’t that rather unusual?” She turned, bracing her back against the edge of the seat so she could watch him more closely

The dashboard lights reflected back on a hard, prih she had no doubt he could tell every

He shrugged lazily as he pushed the vehicle faster through the thickening snow

“Not normal, but not unusual exactly I’m inactive for the moment, but still part of the services My record speaks for itself and the Major at the depot had heard ofit”

Silence stretched between theain Outside, the world was a blanket of white, piling against the large eighteen-wheelers parked here and there Thankfully, it see blizzard and weren’t out on the roads So far, they had passed no stranded motorists

“Why are you

here? And what the hell do you ith er

She was trapped in a blizzard with a man she didn’t know and had no idea if she could trust A hard, dangerous man

His hands tightened on the steering wheel

“I didn’t lie to you, Elizabeth I ca stateside When the letters stopped co I haddeeply “I thought soht happened to you and Cassie I lost so I didn’t know I had When her last letter ca could have kept me away”

Elizabeth heard the throb of pain in his voice, a fury that confused her She didn’t knohat her daughter had written in her letters Cassie had sworn she wouldn’t tell the soldier the danger she was in, and Elizabeth didn’t have the heart to refuse to allow her to write him

It was during one of the rare tiht illegal records, had nearly gotten herself arrested and spent countless nights pacing the floor in fear so Cassie could attend classes once again So her child could have soht to er they were in

The teacher had given the children a list of service men who didn’t receive mail and a permission slip to allow the kids to write Cassie had been excited over the name she chose

The fairy said this one, Moled as she waved the piece of paper with the naot a nice naood daddy

She was fascinated with the idea of good daddies Daddies who didn’t hit their little girls, who didn’t bargain with their children’s bodies, then get killed in front of their eyes