No Going Back. Karen Foley
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the lights off in the last room and closing the door, Kate fell into step beside Chase as they made their way back through the building to the parade field.
“Well, it certainly appears that the USO has thought of everything,” Kate remarked as they stepped outside. “Will I have an opportunity to meet with the USO coordinators tomorrow? Tenley has some, um, unique requirements that I’d like to address with them.”
Chase cast her one swift, questioning look. “Like what?”
“Well, she’s deathly afraid of buses, so I want to be sure that she won’t have to travel in one, not even from the flight line to where she’ll be staying.”
“Okay,” he said quietly. “Can I ask why?”
“Her parents were killed in a bus crash when she was just six years old. Tenley was trapped in the wreckage with them for several hours before rescue crews could free her.”
“Jesus,” he breathed. “Poor kid.”
Kate gave him a grateful look. “She claims not to remember anything about the crash, but some nights she has terrible nightmares.”
Chase nodded. “The USO would normally transport all the entertainers in a troop bus, but I can arrange for a private vehicle to pick her up at the terminal. Anything else?”
“Just that I need to stay with her, in her sleeping quarters.”
“Because of the nightmares?”
Kate nodded. “Something like that.”
“Shouldn’t be a problem.”
Kate glanced at him, surprised at how easily he accepted Tenley’s needs and agreed to accommodate them. In another place and time, Chase Rawlins was exactly the kind of man that she would have given anything to be with, even for just one night.
They walked in silence toward the tent where Kate would sleep, but she could almost hear the gears turning in his head.
“You’ve been great,” she finally said, breaking the silence. “About everything. And I can’t tell you how much it means to me. I had a lot of anxiety, not knowing what to expect, but so far you’ve managed to alleviate all my fears.”
They reached her tent and he turned to face her. “I hope so,” he said quietly. “I don’t want you to be afraid of anything while you’re here. That’s why you have me.”
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