Just In Time For Love (Stanton Falls #1) Read Online Free PDF Page B

done nothing short of being amazing.  You finished
school and still became a nurse, all while caring for a new born baby.”

 
    She had never considered
it from that vantage point.  

 
    “But you are the very
same Emily that I knew when I was a scrawny teenager trying to act cool for you
at school, and the same one that prayed God’s protection over me the night I
shipped out for my time in the marines.  I have a million character
stories that far outweigh what you did at school.  No you aren’t the same
person you were when you left, but none of us are.   Right now, what
I am truly happy about is that all of the decisions that we both have made have
brought us together at this point in time.  Right here.  Right now.
 And believe me when I tell you that we have all made some bad decisions
and done some things that we wish we could take back.”

 
    Aaron watched as Emily
started to giggle and then full out laugh at him.

 
    “I was just giving a
serious, Nobel prize worthy speech.  What did I say that was possibly this
funny?”

 
    Emily wiped the tears
from her eyes as she tried to respond, still laughing.  

 
    “I just realized as you
talk about us all making bad decisions that I am getting advice from someone
that works for Nick Dellinger, of all people!”

 
    He joined in with the
laughter.   Whenever she laughed like
that, it was contagious for him.  He tried to stop himself but something
about seeing the joy on her face just brought it out in him too.  It had
been a long time since they laughed like that together.  Too long for his
liking.  

 
    “Well, when you put it
like that, I guess maybe you should be the one counseling me on decision
making.”

 
    He let out a husky, full
chuckle.  

 
    “How did you go from the
marines to working for him anyway?  That’s like night and day.”

 
    Aaron took on a more
serious look.  

 
    “Well, we’ve all got our
stories but let’s just say that it wasn’t what I was expecting out there at
all.  I was having to choose daily to possibly end someone’s life so that
people that I knew and cared about could keep living the life that they do.
 It didn’t sound so bad in theory.  When I used to look at the
pictures of my father and his father in their military uniforms having served,
I felt like it was something I had to do.  My father tried to tell me that
it wasn’t something that I wanted but I was stubborn.  And nothing against
the troops out there fighting.  We live in a blessed country and it’s
because of the sacrifices that they make for us daily.”

 
    In his eyes, she saw
anguish and despair.  She felt so bad when she thought about the Aaron she
knew.  He had obviously seen a lot of things that he wished he could erase
from memory.  He was the kind of person that would remember the face of
every person he had gone into battle with.  Every shout, every friend that
was sacrificed so that he could keep fighting, and every enemy whose life he
ended.  They would be with him forever.  It was her turn to be a
comforter to him.  She gently rubbed his hand.  

 
    “Oh my.  I am so
sorry Aaron.  I can imagine how hard that was.  I feel horrible now.
 You needed me and I left you because of my foolishness and my
insecurities.  How could you possibly still love me?”

 
    “Because when I fell in
love with you, it was forever Em.  You know me.  All or nothing.
 Anyway, after my tour in the marines, I came back home but I didn’t
really have any idea what I wanted to do.  With you being gone, I kinda
just fell into a little bit of a sad moment.  Nick was there to help me.
 To this day, I still think he started his business as a way to help me
find something else to focus on.  After a few months, I was starting to
feel a bit better.  I even started going back to church, something I was
almost certain I would never do again after what I had seen out there.”  

 
    “I can only imagine