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released a heavy sigh.

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    For You I Do
    “Is everything okay?” Collin asked and stared at her with those big, round eyes that she loved so much.
    “Yes,” she lied and pasted on a smile.
    “You sure?” he asked with annoying uncertainty. “I’m not pushing you to marry too soon, am I?”
    Under normal circumstances, yes, but not in her case. The sooner they married the better off she would be.
    “No, four weeks from now is perfect.” Now all she had to do was find a way to keep her family from snooping around in her personal life for that long.
    Collin laced her fingers with his. “I don’t mean to rush you, but I love you so much and can’t wait to make you my wife. I’m just afraid my unit is deploying and I don’t want to leave for a year without knowing I have you in my life.”
    “Sweetheart, really, it’s okay.” He’d been trying to justify his reasons for rushing their marriage for the last week and it was starting to drive her nuts.
    “That’s what I love about you most. Your understanding that I have a military obligation.” He gave her another kiss, then climbed out of the car, and came around to her side and opened the door. Taking her hand, he helped her out of the car then led her up the walkway toward her door. Bianca noticed that she had forgotten to turn on the light. The porch was dark.
    She looked over at him. “You want to go to New York for the weekend? We can check out a Broadway play.”
    Collin dropped his eyes to the ground then cleared his throat.
    “I was going to talk to you about that. My unit is sending me to Virginia next Friday to do some training.”
    Her brow rose. Why was this the first time he was mention-ing this, she wondered. She looked over at him. The moonlight was obscured by clouds, so she was unable to read the expression on his face to tell if he was as upset as she was. “How long are you going to be gone?”
    “Three days,” he answered crisply, taking the keys from her hand and leaning around her to unlock the front door. “I should be home by Monday.”
    Her eyebrows knitted with disapproval. It seemed as if every month his unit was sending him somewhere else.

    Angie Daniels
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    Sensing her irritation, Collin pulled her into the circle of his arms and dropped a kiss on her forehead. “Don’t be mad at me.
    I know this is last minute, but that’s the way it is in the military.”
    He paused and released a frustrated breath. “That’s one of the reasons I’m getting out as soon as my enlistment contract is up.”
    Bianca was relieved to hear that. Since they had begun dating, Collin’s unit had him flying all over the country on numerous assignments.
    Releasing her, Collin turned the knob and opened the door.
    Light spilled out from the foyer. “We’ll spend some quality time together when I get back.”
    “I’m not liking this one bit. How about I go with you?”
    Bianca asked.
    Collin gave her an innocent smile. “Baby, you know you can’t go with me. I’m an airman. I took an oath to serve my country and that’s just the way it is. These are solo missions.”
    “It doesn’t mean I have to like it,” she said, pouting.
    He pulled her tighter in his arms, pressed his lips to her forehead then pulled back and gazed lovingly down into her eyes. “I know, baby, and we’re going to do something special when I get back.”
    She sighed. He seemed sincerely upset about leaving again and her anger was swallowed by a wave of guilt. It wasn’t his fault that his job sent him away so much. Being an airman in the U.S. Air Force was not just what he did, it was who her fiancé was. And instead of being selfish she should be proud of the role he played in serving his country.
    “I’m sorry. I’m just getting a little tired of rarely being able to spend a weekend with my fiancé.”
    He nodded then leaned forward. “We’ll do something special when I get back. I promise.”
    Bianca smiled. She was being ridiculous. “Okay.”
    He