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lanced toward her h the car s as her lare across Sarah Stockton’s face

“I asked you rong You don’t seem yourself”

Okay, so maybe her mother wasn’t that distracted after all

“It’s good to be back on land, that’s all” No way did she want to admit to her mother that she’d fallen in love with aAfter all, they had loved and welcomed him up to the point he’d walked away frohter He’d abandoned them all

And now he’d abandoned Amelia a second time

“You’re sure? You look distraught”

Amelia nodded, asked about the hospital where her o, but refused to hang up her nurse’s cap, saying that as long as there was breath in her body she’d care for the ill

Amelia was pretty sure her father felt exactly the saotten more and more wrapped up in military politics over the past few years and spent more and more time in DC

“I half expect hi, but he may be in for a surprise”

Startled, Alanced toward her mother “What do you mean?”

“I like San Diego and aardless of his career plans”

“You’re kidding!” Her mother never balked her father’s wishes Never in the history of mankind Well, at least never that Amelia are of

“No, dear, I’” She reached across the bucket seat, patted A John won’t take a job in Washington if itme behind”

“He won’t?”