At the hospital, Claire and Lily were treated for hypothermia

He had simply been passing through when he spotted them stranded in the storm.

“I wasn’t supposed to be there,” he admitted one afternoon.

“Then why stop?”

Ethan stared out the window.

“Because years ago someone saved me.”

Claire waited.

“In Afghanistan.”

His voice grew quieter.

“Our convoy was attacked.”

Images seemed to flash through his mind.

“I was trapped continue reading …