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His sht about all that lost potential Tanner, a sophohts fire of twenty His parents had never recovered Ty had never recovered Tanner had been the star The future doctor Ty had been the asshole who had broken his parents’ hearts by enlisting at twenty-one, straight out of college Waiving the law degree he’d intended to pursue They had been proud…but devastated

“You would have liked hiht crossed his mind Tanner and Vicki, both so kind…they would have been instant friends “He was a great guy So damned nice to everybody He would have made a fantastic doctor”

“I’m sure he would have,” Vicki said, and he cleared his throat self-consciously A little chagrined that she had let hi

“When…” She paused for a long“When was the last time you actually spoke about him to anyone?”

“Not since my parents were alive”

“How long ago did they die?”

“Nearly eight years ago” He felt the pang of loss and loneliness again, as he thought about the loving farown up All those happy one, they would be lost forever His mother, father, and Tanner They deserved more than to sione, no one would be left to remember them

The Chambers faht And after his parents had died, while he’d still been on active duty, it had been a thought that had haunted hie

“Your parents died together?” She looked horrified at the thought, and Ty winced

Christ, this was hs A timely re as fuck to talk to

“Uh, yeah, another car accident I don’t really want to talk about it” He didn’t want to talk about any of this, and yet here he was, fucking laying it all out for her

“What do you want to talk about?” she asked, and he frowned—how the hell had this become about him?

“I can’t think of anything in particular I’d like to say right now”

“So, if you have nothing to say, you don’t speak?”

“I can’t do what you do”

She rolled her eyes and waved a hand at him when he didn’t continue