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I could drive like this forever.

Jake’s shoulders touched hers as they sat behind the horses, and she felt a wave of guilty pleasure.

Remember, he’s still a warrior even if his smile and his hands are gentle at the moment. Whatever terrible event had broken this man, he showed signs that with time he might heal. The colonel wouldn’t have included him in group therapy if he hadn’t believed Jake could be healthy eventually.

Who knew what he would become once he pushed himself?

He was used to being alone, used to moving to the ends of the earth at a moment’s notice, just like Steve. Steve, the husband she was supposed to be mourning.

Were they so different, Jake and Steve?

Yes, Charlie thought, answering her own question. Here, in this carriage in this twilight, the two men were different. How deep the difference went, she had no way of knowing. Yet.

But she intended to find out.