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Tanner shook his head “God dahed

“Can I ask you so?” Noah met his eyes He paused as he realized brother and sister had the same eyes Maybe that hat seeht of her on the mountain

Tanner nodded

“Was she involved with anyone?”

Tanner stared at him “Helluva time to ask that, Harris”

Noah shrugged

“But why do you care? At this point, I mean? It’s not like you to settle for one woman”

Noah looked away

A long silent minute passed

“Wow, seriously?”

Noah tuned to look him in the eyes “Seriously”

“Well, I’ll be fucked!” Tanner laughed “I can’t believe it”

“Your sister isn’t like other…women”

Tanner’s laughter halted “No she isn’t Of course, I would think that, but you—”

“It’s partly why I need to do this mission I want to…live a real life with her”

“Well, fuck I’d better go outside and see if the sun just fucking turned pink!”

“Shut the fuck up,” Noah grumbled “And you never answered my question”

Tanner’s expression changed to one of panic “Shit”

“What?”

“I’m sorry man But before we deployed…Umm”

Noah stood up “What?”

“She was engaged”

Noah felt like he just got gut punched and the earth beneath him just shifted “The hell you say!”

Tanner shook his head “Look it was six o And I hadn’t seen her since then”

“What…” Noah paused, as he couldn’t believe he was going to ask this Jealousy ate hiuy like?”

Tanner cocked his head at hi Drives a Benz, wear suits Looks like a GQ ”

“You’re not helping any”

“Sorry man”