I looked at Dennis."All of this," I said quietly, "I got through it on my own. That's how I grew up. Three years ago, I had just graduated. I was just a girl, clueless about everything. "When I first started working, nothing felt right. Every day, I watched hundreds, sometimes thousands, die right in front of me. And still, I had to keep myself together, keep saving who I could. I broke down and cried every night, but I kept telling myself—just make it three years. Hold on three years, and I can go home.""But when I finally did go back, I saw you with someone else. And you told the housekeeper not to let me come back."He stood there, stunned. There was a flicker of something in his eyes—shock, maybe."I... I was wrong," he said. "Back then, I kept telling myself we couldn't work out. You were so much younger than me. I forced myself to be with someone else. But once I was, I realized it—" his voice caught, "—I was in love with you. I couldn't stop it. No matter how hard I trie
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