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“I can’t take the credit It’s the furniture Aunt Jean’s in-laws bought o There’s still cookies and drinks in the kitchen if you want some”

He’d grabbed so his last pit stop to let Harry out and to stretch both their legs, but he wasn’t one to turn down Sarah’s cookies

He started to follow her to the kitchen but, with her face looking a little pale, she stopped hi them there”

With that, she went to the kitchen and left hio, then went back to the foyer toroom In the foyer, he paused to look at the photos on the stairwell

Specifically, the photo of Sarah

He took a deep breath and went to the living rooaze i over to it, he picked it up

It arm

When he’d gotten there, Sarah had been beneath the quilt

“I figured I should use it since I couldn’t regift it to Quilts of Valor They only accept new quilts”

Continuing to hold the quilt, he turned to her “If they’d have taken it, would you have given it to another soldier, Sarah?”

Her gaze dropped to the quilt Her eyes closed, then she shook her head “No”

“Because?”

Opening her eyes, she took on a steely resolve, lifting her chin and asking, “Why are you here, Bodie?”

But Bodie wasn’t stopping until he had answers, until he gave her answers They had a lot to discuss and it all began with the quilt he held “Why wouldn’t you have given the quilt away again, Sarah?”

“Because I… It’s your quilt, Bodie I made it for you”