The Soldier's Homecoming

There it was again. No self-pity. Damned if he didn’t like her.

“I didn’t advertise it,” she continued. “I was afraid it might scare off some of the news services I worked with. I just told them I needed time off.”

He didn’t ask any questions. It was none of his business, and he sure as hell didn’t want to talk about his own injuries. But he empathized with her. More than he wanted.

“Tell me more about the town,” she said, changing the subject. “It sounds even more interesting than I thought.”

“I don’t know that much. The two people who can help you are Andy Stuart, the army nurse, and Eve Manning, Josh’s wife. She’s also the mayor.”

“Special Operations?” she asked suddenly.

She did it again. Threw out a question, seemingly out of the blue. She was smart. Too smart. He hesitated.

“Forget I asked that,” she said. But he knew she had her answer by his silence.

He looked as his watch. “It’s nearly four,” he said. “What about those burgers?”

“You heard my stomach,” she accused him.

“I heard my own.”

“A duet,” she said with that quick, open smile.

As they walked back, he saw her stop and turn. She hesitated. It was obvious she didn’t want to leave.

He didn’t want to either. For a moment, he’d felt alive again, more alive than he had in years. He wanted to catch her hand, as a high school kid would.

Instead, he walked in silence beside her, reminding himself of another newswoman. Jennifer Talbot was here for a few days, no more. Then she’d hopefully get back to her life, although he was very aware of how difficult shoulder wounds could be. He liked that she wasn’t giving up.

Hell, he liked her too much. But then, he’d liked his ex-fiancé immediately, too.

Hopefully, she would talk to Eve and Josh and Andy and write a story on Covenant Falls, minus Jubal’s pet project.

He’d done his part. There shouldn’t be a need to meet again, although Covenant Falls’ size made that unlikely.

Unless he sped up his plans to go on the road. Like maybe tomorrow.

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