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He shrugged “I like hiive him another chance Or not But I know Marines Top notch ood men around these days That’s all I can say about it”

I sat in silence and pushed my food around onthe meat pie that one completely

We didn’t talk any more about Beckett or Dan or the whole ht me up with the news of the bar and what had been done to renovate it in the year since I left He told me about his friend from the NYPD who died a fewthere He even caughtup north with her new husband She was apparently trying acupuncture to cure her pain and had gone off her pain meds I hoped it was true because they made her a zombie

“You should go up there and visit,” he said “I know she misses you and feels as if she’s been absent fro”

“She has,” I said, an old sore spot in“I’ll think about it”

“Don’t let things go too long People die, sweetheart You know that only too well”

I forced a ss up with o off her meds

As to Beckett, I couldn’t at thatto give him a pass, maybe I had to seriously consider it

I’d give it some time

I spent a long tirandfather said about Beckett

He said he knew Marines, and they were honorable and strong, heroic and loyal I knew Graht

I tried to think of what I’d tell Leah if it were her in my shoes and I knew the whole story I’d probably tell her to give him a chance

Just the way she was telling ive Beckett a chance

“So,” Gra, kiddo? Going to forgive him? Give him another chance?”

I s seriously about it” Then I put down my bar cloth “Why do you care? It seems like you like him”