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A shudder that was a whole lot of relief rolled through her.

“Whoever takes over won’t have any idea who you are.” Logan rubbed his thumb across the back of her hand. “You won’t be in danger, but…do you want to stick around the base for a while?”

“I hadn’t even thought about how long I’ll be here.”

“You probably want to get back to Last Chance County.”

She shook her head. “I meant in the hospital. The doctor said I should stay at least overnight, just under observation. Since I hit my head and blacked out.”

“Ah, I see.”

“After that, I think the girls will let me stay. I’d like to be here to find out when the others are located. And I want to spend time with you.”

Logan let out a breath—an audible exhale. “I’m glad to hear it.” He laughed for a second, and it sounded almost nervous. “I wasn’t sure.”

“If you aren’t going anywhere, then neither am I. Besides, the girls invited me to the Bible study they do on Sundays, and I want to be here for it.” She could work from anywhere.

Thinking about it in terms of her being mobile with her job didn’t sound super romantic, but she and Logan fitted together the way her job fitted who she was. It was as simple and as profound as that.

She’d loved him forever.

Her heart had never let go of the fire that had burned for him.

Rather than overcoming the obstacles between them, she was a different person now in a way that seemed to have resolved their issues. “I once was blind, but now I see.”

“Fits, doesn’t it?” he said. “I was thinking about the same hymn the day I found you.How sweet the sound.”

“It is sweet, isn’t it?”

“All of it. You, me. The grace of God. I wouldn’t have said I was the kind of guy who was looking for sweet like that, but I certainly found it.”

“Or it found you.”

Logan leaned down slowly. She touched his face, able to make out the line of his jaw. She traced the warmth of his skin. Then he touched his lips to hers, and the fire in her flared to life again, the same way it did whenever he was near.

Being here with him, sharing this moment, felt familiar in a comforting way and new at the same time. As if she was rediscovering something. And opening a gift she’d never been given before.

Jamie let it sweep over her, the first of many moments between them.

Ones that felt like they could last a lifetime.

Because God, in His grace, had chosen to take a wretch like her and lift her up. He’d invited her into His family and given her more than she’d ever believed she deserved.

And when she’d thought she had everything? He’d given her this wonderful man as well.

Thank You.

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