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  “Why not?”

  Annja looked at Cole. “It’s not that I don’t care for you. You know that’s not the case. But I’m not in a place yet where I can say for sure what my life is supposed to be. Maybe in that respect I’m jealous of you for having come so close to death—weird as that sounds.”

  “It does sound pretty weird.”

  “But you know what I mean. You have a clearer view of what your life needs to be. My view, my perspective, they’re still muddled. And until the time that I can figure it out, if I can figure it out, I won’t be much good to anyone. And the last thing I want to do is hurt you, Cole.”

  He took a breath and nodded. “I guess I can understand that. I just hope that when you finally do decide, you’ll come back.”

  “Maybe I will.”

  Cole nodded. “In that case, would it be too much if I asked you for one last kiss before you take off for wherever you’re going next?”

  It wasn’t.

  ISBN: 978-1-4268-7517-5

  PHANTOM PROSPECT

  Special thanks and acknowledgment to Jon Merz for his contribution to this work.

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