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Her vision was still blurry, and the angles and planes of his face seemed to shift and sway as she tried to meet his gaze. Or maybe it was the tears swimming in her eyes that made it seem that way.

“I’m sorry, Jenna. There was nothing you could have done to save her. You know that, right?”

“I know that my head hurts. I know that I’m more tired than I’ve ever been in my life. I know that I wish I’d never agreed to go on that mission trip.” But she didn’t know that what Nikolai was saying was true. Maybe she’d missed an opportunity. Maybe she could have done something that would have changed things.

“Jenna—”

“I hate crying in front of strangers,” she said.

“I don’t think we’re strangers anymore,” he responded, and the first tear slipped down Jenna’s cheek. He wiped it away.