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BECKETT: I went to the cemetery early to pay my respects alone They came early and she saw me before I could leave

I waited for her reply

CASEY: What exactly did you tell her? Did you tell her it was yourto? Did you tell her you were critically injured and he saved your life? Did you tell her your ation not to talk about it?

I hesitated, feeling like such a dick because I didn’t tell her anything

BECKETT: No, it never caht to be mad at me

There was a long pause

CASEY: You mean to tell ot the letters? Why they were accidentally sent to you?

I responded, but knew I had been wrong not to have revealed the truth to her

BECKETT: We never even got that far She was too upset and hitanything so I left

When she replied, I could aler and frustration in her words

CASEY: Beckett Tate, do you know nothing about women? After all the women you’ve been with?

I ran a hand through hed

BECKETT: If she knew he died because of iveher the truth All I can do is et her

My cell rang I checked the display It was Casey She rown sick of the texts

“Look, Beckett, you can’t kno she’ll respond until you give her the chance You have to tell her the whole truth – all of it Not only what happened in Afghanistan, but also about your injuries and rehab Tell her about Sue How after her death, you stopped believing that you would ever ot the letters and what happened to you when you read them and started to learn about her How you fell for her before you evenher letters Tell her that when you met her, you were hopelessly smitten and while you fully intended to simply return the letters to the parents, you met her instead and fell for her How each time you tried to come clean, you feared her response”