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again."
     
                  "Maybe not everything."
             
                  "What do you mean?"
     
                  "Well.  There is one thing.  Abby and Jonathan are married now.  So we're officially step brother and step sister.  Is that a problem for you?"
     
                  "I fought for my country at 18.  I swore to protect it from all enemies foreign and domestic.  This is my country.  In my country I do what I want.  I want to be with you.  Forever."
     
                  I reached down and kissed Emily with everything I had.  I wanted her then and there.  She pushed me away.
     
                  "Wait.  Remember the first day we met?  When you took me on your bike?"
     
                  "Are you joking?  Of course.  How could I forget?"
     
                  "How we spent the whole day together, but didn't get each other's names until the end?"
     
                  "Yes."

              "How we skipped right past all the formalities?  How we said it was better to be straightforward and things would work out better?"
     
                  "I remember."
     
                  "Do you still feel that way?  Do you still not care about formalities?  Still want to be together even with Abby and Jonathan together?"
     
                  "I don't care.  I want you.  That's all that matters."
     
                  She looked up at me.  She was calm, but had an excited look on her face.
     
                  "What is it?"
     
                  "Jonathan finished all the property development work here in Colorado.  He spoke with Abby and they're moving to the Sierra Nevadas.  They're going to develop there.  Around Mammoth Lakes.  There are lot of Chinese buyers.  Really good friends and business partners of my Jonathan's.  They got priced out of the Vancouver market, and wanted to stay on the West Coast.  They know there are a lot of other people from Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing that want to come over.  Even other parts of China.  The demand is huge.  My dad wants to develop there, but also help foreigners see the opportunities available in the U.S.  The country you helped keep safe."
     
                  "So they're leaving.  Wow.  Do they know about us?"
     
                  "Yes, I told Jonathan after he told me he and Abby were leaving.  He was supportive.  He said in life when you find people that mean the world to you, hold onto them with everything you got.  They don't come along very often.  Sometimes never.  A good business partner is extremely hard to find.  A partner for life, even harder."
     
                  I didn't say anything at first.  Just took it in.  Still surprised, but of course as a Marine I was prepared.
     
                  "Jonathan and Abby even offered us the house and property."
     
                  I couldn't believe it.  While I laid in a hospital bed in Iraq, Emily had taken care of everything.  What an amazing woman.  Words couldn't do it justice.
     
                  Emily was smiling.  She was holding my arms tight.  "You're awfully quiet.  What do you think?"
     
                  "First.  I think you're amazing.  But you already know that.  Second, it's incredible how things are working out.  The incident in Iraq really got me down, but it may have somehow turned out to be a huge blessing in disguise.  Third, there is something I didn't tell you."
     
                  "Oh no.  Do I want to hear this?"
     
                  "You do."
     
                  "Sure?  Everything seems so perfect right now."
     
                  "We're both outdoors people.  We need the fresh air, the animals, the tranquility."  I