“Hi!” Alex said as he parked. She hugged him as soon as he got out of the car.

“You’re very late,” she said into his ear.

“Sorry about that. I was interrogated at a roadblock by a tough Air Force cop.”

Amy let him go and stepped back. “They said you saved someone.”

“A wounded hiker at the last campsite. It wasn’t too serious.”

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