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He put his arm around her shoulder and she moved close to him, leaning her head on his chest.

“I come here sometimes, just to think.”

“What do you think about?” she asked.

“The past. Mistakes I’ve made. Things I could have done differently. I think about the future, too. Things I hope for.”

When he spoke, she felt his words, the echo in his broad chest. She heard his heart beat steady and strong.

“What do you hope for, Ben?”

He didn’t answer at first. She wondered if he was going to confide in her. Was she the one asking too many questions now?

“Oh…lots of things,” he said finally. “I’d like to meet someone I can be happy with. Someone I can just be myself with.” He turned to her. “Someone like you, Carey.”