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“Glad you thought so”

Still looking his way, she asked, “Did you ever want to play music professionally?”

He chuckled “Probably the sa a rock star But if you mean was I ever in a band then, yeah, a few over the years”

“What happened?”

“I wasn’t that good, and I fell in love with medicine”

Her expression beca choices”

“Maybe if I’d been better at the ed “Once I was exposed to medicine, there wasn’t a choice I knew that’s what I was supposed to do”

Not once had he ever regretted that decision Soht direction In his case, life had hit hiht path

“I’et to play from time to time and have both in your life”

Ready to shove the past back as far away as it would go, he took a drink “I enjoy life”

A true stateo to Courtney and had spent yearsatonement It was all he could do

“Notalmost wistful

He turned toward her “Can you?”

She took a long ti life very much Thank you”

The emotion in her voice, als to Jack’s chest