One night—no names.Almost seven years later, I can still appreciate the idiocy of that arrangement.I didn't plan to fall hard for the much younger woman.Or obsess over her.But I never stopped thinking about her. As a former Army Ranger, giving up isn't part of my DNA.So, for years, I've been searching—without success.Hoping to get a second chance. And suddenly, she's right before me. Battered, bruised, scared.A single mother. When her boy gets kidnapped, and danger closes in,it's a race against time. And I realize the math checks out. Protecting them means confronting my demons and her trauma.But failing is not an option.Not when all I've lost, all I ever longed for, is almostwithin reach.Almost.
