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- Giovanni Guareschi [Don Camillo 01] The Little World of Don Camillo (pdf)
- Christine Young [Highland 01] Highland Honor (pdf)
- Angela Verdenius [Heart & Soul 16] Soul of a Guardian (pdf)
- Chalker Jack L W Świecie Studni 5 Zmierzch przy Studni Dusz (pdf)
- Dahlia Rose, Brenda Steele, Regina Paul, Dorian Wallace Mating Season (anth.) (pdf)
- Cooper McKenzie [Menage Amour 161 Club Esotera 03] Minding Mistress (pdf)
- Dena Garson [Emerald Isle Fantasies 03] Ghostly Persuasion [EC Twilight] (pdf)
- 33 1 3 087 Serge Gainsbourg's Histoire de Melody Nelson Darran Anderson (pdf)
- Alan Burt Akers [Dray Prescot 07] Arena of Antares (pdf)
- Hannah Kristin Wspólnicy
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He didn t want to tell her that he wasn t ready to go back yet. It was obvious this was
important to Julie, and he decided the night would be for her. Danny would ve wanted it
that way. Sure.
Great, she said with a smile. I ve got a few supplies to gather, but I ll be there as
soon as I can.
I ll wait for you, he said.
* * * *
Hello? Sam answered.
Hey, how s it going? Matt asked.
Fine. I just finished stitching Jeremy Lovell s cheek.
Damn, what happened? Just the sound of Sam s voice put Matt at ease. Familiar and
warm, he could almost feel Sam s arms wrapped around him.
Fight I guess. He s not talking. He d gone to Gillette to see his old man ride. Came
back early with a black eye and a nasty cut on his cheek. Shep brought him in. He figures the
kid hit on the wrong cowboy and is too embarrassed to talk about it.
That d do it, Matt agreed.
So, how re you feeling? Sam asked.
He thought about it for several moments. Matt?
Yeah, I m here. I m just not sure how I m doing. I had a nice visit with Danny earlier,
tough, but nice. I m sitting in my car at the cemetery as we speak. Julie s meeting me here.
You up for that?
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Nope, but I think it s something she needs. Matt rubbed a hand over his face.
You re a good man.
No I m not, but Danny was, and I owe him this.
Stop it. What happened overseas was not your fault. The fact that you didn t die along
with your friend doesn t make you any less a good man. I m getting damn tired of hearing
you talk like that.
Matt sat up. He didn t know if he d ever heard Sam this angry. Sorry, he said
automatically. He saw Julie pull up behind his car. Sam?
Don t apologise. I m the one who should be doing that. I didn t mean to lose my
temper. It s just killing me to see you continue to beat yourself up. War sucks. People die.
Good people. But it s not your fault.
Okay. Um, I need to go, Matt said. He was still feeling a little off kilter.
Call me before you go to bed.
I will. I love you.
I love you, too. Hurry back to me, Sam said and hung up.
Matt took a deep cleansing breath before opening the car door. Julie was pulling sacks
out of the car, a blanket tossed over her shoulder.
Here, let me help you, Matt said, and took the bags from her arms.
Thanks. I hope you like burgers? she asked holding up a greasy looking sack.
Love em.
Together they walked to Danny s grave. Julie spread out the blanket and sat on one
corner. Make yourself comfortable. She pulled burgers and onion rings out of the bag.
Hoch s has the best cheeseburgers.
Matt took his food and set it in front of him. He dug into one of the sacks he d carried
and got them both out a bottle of Miller Lite. Passing over the beer, he gestured to the ones
beside the stone. Did you bring all those here?
Julie shook her head. He watched as tears pooled in her eyes and felt like a piece of shit.
I didn t mean to&
You didn t, she said, wiping her eyes. She pointed to the bottles. Those actually
aren t for Danny, they re for me. Danny s friends leave them here in case I need a drink when
I come to sit with him.
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Damn, there goes that lump. Do you come here often? He hated to think of Julie alone in
the cemetery drinking her life away.
Not as much as I used to, but once in a while. Julie set down her hamburger and
wiped her hands. Actually, we all have a bit of an advantage over you. We spent a year and
a half getting used to Danny being gone. We got letters and phone calls occasionally, but on a
day to day basis, we learned to continue with our lives.
Matt reached over and put his hand on her shoulder. Doesn t make it any easier
though, does it?
She smiled and leaned her cheek onto his hand. No. She ran her hand over the etched
name on the headstone. I just hope that someday I m able to find another man as good as he
was.
He would ve wanted that, Matt said.
I know.
Which brings me to one of the reasons I came to Kansas. He reached behind him and
handed Julie the brown sack. This belongs to you.
Julie set the book in her lap before pulling an envelope out of her purse. This was in
with Danny s personal effects.
Matt took the letter, surprised to see his name written on the outside of the sealed
envelope. It was in Danny s chicken scratch. They d all written letters home in case
something happened to them while in the Middle East. Was this what that was?
His hands started to shake. He honestly didn t think he could read it, not now, not in
front of Julie and Danny. Would you mind if I took this with me? he asked.
Julie shook her head. It s yours. Do what you need to do with it.
Matt watched as Julie opened the sack and pulled out the album. She immediately put
her hand to her mouth as she started to cry. Danny told me about this, she whispered. She
looked up at him. But you re wrong. It doesn t belong to me, it s yours, and Danny wanted
you to have it.
What? he asked, his jaw dropping open.
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