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“You should have called ht away!”

He shrugged “He s up to you I agreed it was your choice Your eneral, I think it’s best to be totally honest and upfront about things Usually, I’d kick his ass out of the bar if he’d done so to hurt you, but the boy is clearly in love and clearly feels terrible about what happened He said he fell in love with you after reading your letters to Dan and then when he ame over”

“He said he was in love with me? He told you that?”

“I believe his words were to the effect of I’m in love with her, Sir I think I fell in love with her on letter three but when I saw her in the bar that day? Goner” Graue with a man who confesses his love for you”

“Dan died because of him”

“Dan died doing his job,” Gramps said, his voice soft

The waitress put our food down and ere silent for a moment

“He loved his job That’s what you always told erous profession,” Gramps said “He was a hero”

“He was,” I said and

“If you askto test equipment that was intended to make combat safer for our soldiers I checked around after he cah places I believe Beckett has a few medals to show for what he did”

I didn’t say anything I wiped tears off et ahold of myself I had to work in thirty minutes and wanted to be in control over my emotions

“It’s up to you, of course,” Gramps said and handed ain I liked hi”

“His family is in the Irish Mafia”

“He told me that, too I checked his uncle out Don’t worry,” Gra tabs on his uncle for the DEA”

“He told ent I wasn’t sure whether to believe him” I wiped my eyes with the tissue and blew my nose Then I looked back at Graive him another chance?”