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“In the end ere holed up in a shelled out due of the town The intel was bad, the journalists were nowhere near us, and ere trapped by extremists Then this kid appears out of nowhere I hadthat he ree”

Horror flashed across Sabrina’s face and she squeezed his hand even harder “My job was to watch the exit To take out anyone who crossed it I hesitated Didn’t take the shot and the kid fired a weapon froot Dallas and all hell broke loose I didn’t hesitate after that I took out the threat, but it was too late”

“Teague,” she whispered, leaning forward “I’m so sorry”

“That kid haunts ain We were held in a hole in the ground for days and when our guys caot us out, we left Dallas back there We left Dallas back there,” he repeated hoarsely

He saw the question in her eyes and he didn’t hesitate to answer

“A couple weeks ago Richard Bowen, a journalist I’ve worked with in the past, got a tip that Dallasheld somewhere in Syria”

“Why wouldn’t your government act on that?”

“The government works on numbers Cause and effect Win and loss They can’t act until they have proof” He paused because this was the io, don’t you Sabrina?”

She hesitated and his spirits slumped

“I think that you need closure and I think that you need the danger That it’s part of who you are I think that adrenaline is the diet that feeds your soul and that one day you hope that piece inside you stops spinning”

She got it He felt as if the ot it

Her eyes were full of tears and one sloove its way down her face He wiped it aith his thumb

“And you’ll keep doing what you do even if it costs you your life”

He had nothing to say to that because it was probably true, so he took a hts and asked the one question that had been haunting him all day

“Can I coet back?”