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"Okay, lether elbow She rose froot you," he assured her as he brought his ar her fir his arain as he had earlier "Put your arms around my neck"

She did, and just like earlier, he inhaled her blissful scent He kneith her foot dangling it had to asping He held her tighter in hopes of keeping her foot frolass door open with his back, careful not to hit her foot against it as he swung her around and walked through it

He’d never actually been in coh plenty of drills where he had to carry a fellow soldier in full co sessions Ms Brady felt so tiny and delicate he could hold her like this forever, as small as she was in comparison The scent of her hair alone and the feel of her soft but firh to hold her as long as he could It was actually a disappointently and slowly

"Are you okay?" he asked as he watched her slowly and apparently very painfully lower her foot to the floor of the cart

Again she nodded without saying a word as if words alone et you some pain killers in a little bit The base hospital isn’t too far"

Setting her purse down in the back of the cart, he rushed around to the driver’s side and julad she didn’t see into what he’d previously said was out of the question, getting to know her a little eneric questions that could be construed as perfectly innocent inquiries in a situation like this Asking her if she had anyone that could come pick her up for exa there were other reasons he wanted to know and that there shouldn’t be, he refrained fro up so s," she said softly "Once you get me to the hospital, I can call someone so you can leave"

Someone? Like Antonio? "I had no further plans for the rest of this evening, Ms Brady," he said, looking straight ahead "I can take you hoht That’s for sure,her head and squeezing her eyes closed again

"Is the pain getting worse?" he asked, looking down at her swollen ankle

"No" She sighed "It’s not that I mean, yeah, it still hurts, but not any worse It just hadn’t even dawned on ht not be able to drive for days I had avery busy the next few days"

Brandon glanced over just in ti face It was so sweet he had to look away He ain if what that adorable expression did to him didn’t scare the hell out "Well, maybe they’ll tell you otherwise," he offered as solace, staring straight ahead "If it’s not broken and you ice it enough tonight, you ht be able to put a little pressure on it by tomorrow"