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“It’s very nice of you to offer me a place to stay.” Savannah regarded him warily.

“But,” she continued, “I’m sure that when your sister offered you a place to stay, she wasn’t expecting you to pass it on to a random stranger.”

Savannah wasn’t a stranger. Carter had carried her photograph around in his pocket for two months.

For a moment it looked as if Savannah was wavering. But then her chin came up.

“You don’t have to worry about me. I know you were Rob’s friend, but I’m not your responsibility.”

“When I make a promise, I keep it.”

“And you did. You delivered Rob’s message—”

“Not that promise,” Carter interrupted. “I’m a marine, ma’am. And we never leave a man—or a woman—behind.”