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"I’ve got to get copies of Thor with the dolphin," he told her

"Sure I’ll send them to you What’s your e-mail?"

"I don’t have a pen or paper," he said

"No proble out her card "Here’s my card Just e-mail me and I’ll send them to you"

"Great Thanks" He tucked the card into his shorts

"You were great out there," Carson said

"I’ve been training here for almost a year now" He smiled a bit sheepishly "They’ve offered ht to herself There’d be a line of woratulations" She grinned and, turning her head, stared into a pair of dark brown eyes "And your dog, too?"

He laughed and reached out to pat the dog’s head "Where are , "say hello to the pretty lady"

Thor shifted his adoring gaze froiant paw

"Whoa," she said as the paw hit her lap "That’s a pretty big paw you got there, pal" Carson loved dogs, especially big, gentle ones Thor ree block head, wide chest, and floppy ears He also had large, soulful eyes she could lose herself in They re," she told Taylor, atching Thor with affection

"Yep, he is," Taylor agreed, patting his head again "He was rescued fro He’s ahe’s part Great Dane and part Lab and part soave hi bolt Reckon that’s how he got his naan to absentmindedly scratch Thor behind his ears, and his tail started thu, she thought to herself Interesting

"You said you were in a program with Joan?"

Taylor looked across the ay to where Joan sat on the dock watching Nate

"I was here for the Wounded Warrior Project"

Carson wasn’t surprised to hear that She’d read that the Dolphin Research Center had a prograht of a wounded warrior, she thought of someone with physical injuries

After an aard silence Taylor said in a softer tone, "I knohat you’re thinking Where’s the wound, right? You don’t see the injury"

Carson couldn’t reply Blunt though it was, he was right

"You can’t see all wounds," Taylor said "Especially not in this war Sure, so limbs, or are in a wheelchair Some have serious burns But all of us have PTSD"