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“Arturo?” Miranda placed the call because Drake was busy discussing details with Lizzy. Besides, she suspected that there was some social obligation she’d been shirking by not calling him before this. Now the call could serve two purposes which had seemed the most efficient use of time.
“Miranda! I haven’t heard from you in months. Are you in the area?” His voice was clear over the phone despite the roar of a departing jet in the background. He must be on the flight line of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
Jeremy was still looking things up on his computer. “Definitely 69-0020,” he mumbled to her.
“No, I’m…in Kentucky.” Holly had said to keep her whereabouts private.
“Oh. When are you coming to see me again? I can come to you.”
Miranda hadn’t called about seeing him.
Though Colonel
