Page 76 (1/2)

“Guess not” She stuck her tongue out and caught a flake, then laughed “I can’t believe it’s snowing”

Bodie couldn’t believe it was snowing, either

He couldn’t believe a lot of things

Had so in a hospital bed in Ger he wasn’t, that in Decee driven by awo beside her, well, he’d have thought them delusional

If soht now and he awakened to find this was all just a dream, that wouldn’t surprise him at all Maybe he’d never awakened from the hospital bed and this alternate world only existed in his head

“It’s like a dreaainst hihts

Only this, riding in a sleigh with her and Harry, wasn’t his dream Never had been

His dreauys for freedom and justice for all

Unbidden, he was hit with flashes of the day his Humvee had exploded around him and his unit as an IED went off The jolt of re to rob the ood

He closed his eyes, squeezing theulf him

“Bodie?” Sarah reached up, touched his face “Are you okay?”

Through her glove he could feel her warmth, could feel her concern, could feel a lifeline to reality This reality A reality where he was in a quaint little town in a horse-drawn carriage with a woe they’d eaten earlier

Bodie opened his eyes

Glancing down at her, she came into focus and the darkness left as quickly as it had snatched at him

“I’ her the truth and hating that his hts had invaded this precious moment He wouldn’t let them