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Truth be told, regardless of what the rest of the 141 thought, I did not hate Lieutenant Riley. “Ghost,” as they called him—not that I would have ever called him that. I liked to keep as much distance between us as I could manage, for my own sake. Not because I hated him, not even because I disliked him.
Because I very, very desperately wanted something I knew I could never have.
That’s how it was in our line of work. I didn’t believe in settling down, not while in the military, and I never pegged the lieutenant as the marriage type. I was wary of even dating, even giving a slice of myself to someone for any period of time, physically or otherwise.
Except for when it came to Lieutenant Riley.