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Bodie’s phone vibrated and, shifting Harry around until he could reach his pocket, he pulled the phone out

Merry Christmas

The saht of Sarah filled him He hadn’t expected to hear froain That she’d reached out to tell hih Sarah wanted everyone to have a good Christmas It was just who she was

“Everything okay?” Lukas asked when Bodie re at his phone

He glanced up at his friend and nodded “Fine”

“You’re a terrible liar,” Lukas pointed out “That from Kentucky?”

Bodie glanced at his friend “Since when did being hts to my private life?”

“Since when did you have a private life?”

Since he’d gone to thank an elderly lady for his quilt and , beautiful woman who lived to serve others A woman who smiled and lit up a room A woman who smiled and lit up him

Wondering what had happened to the exhaustion he’d felt e, started to type back a e, then hesitated

He shouldn’t text her, shouldn’t encourage her to remember him

The sooner they both forgot what they’d shared, the better

Only, he didn’t want Sarah to forget him Not ever

Chapter Seventeen

“Not that I expected otherwise, but it looks like today is going to be a big success”