“I’ve always been a sucker for a man in uniform. Did you know my husband was a police officer?” Sometimes . . . sometimes I forgot I wasn’t the only person to have lost someone they really loved. “No, I didn’t know that,” I said. A wistful expression came over her face, and it made my heart hurt only imagining what she could be thinking of. Hoping it wasn’t the what-ifs. The alternate realities. Those were the worst. “Police officers are cute, but I’ve always had a thing for firefighters,” I told her after a second. Her mouth formed a little smile. “With their little pants and hats?” I looked
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