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“It changes everything, doesn’t it?”
Of course Archie wouldn’t hit her with the expected. But he was right. Kee kicked at the ditch wall.
It did change everything. And that was the problem. She understood herself as Sergeant Kee Smith. She understood the woman who had climbed from the streets to SOAR. As much as she hated to admit it, she understood the girl who grew up fighting for survival on the streets, becoming hard and self-sufficient.
The woman who curled up with the same man night after night was a mystery. One who enjoyed every second when a young girl clung to her side. One who begged to be told she was loved. That woman had come from another planet.
“Alien abduction.”
“What?” he said it with a laugh.
A soft, friendly sound that surprised Kee. She couldn’t bring herself
