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“Reese, I’m sorry about what happened before.”

Gabby looked into his eyes.

He frowned at her. “You mean...after I went into the service?”

She nodded and swallowed hard. “Something happened, and I couldn’t... I couldn’t keep the promise I made.”

That something being another guy, Izzy’s father. He drew in a breath. Was he going to hold on to his hurt feelings about what had happened?

Looking into her eyes, he breathed out the last of his anger.

“It’s understood.”

“Thank you,” she said simply. She held his gaze for another moment and then looked down and away.

It had been so long since he’d been part of a real, good family that he’d forgotten he wanted it. Tonight, with her family, made him realize how much he wanted one of his own.

But in the back of his mind, a voice of caution warned. She’d already broken his heart once before. He shouldn’t get too close again.