When a snowstorm blows in and Marcie nearly freezes to death and then catches the flu on top of it all, Ian can't resist taking care of her.

He tries to scare her away, but the little spitfire isn't easily daunted. He ended up in a primitive mountain cabin, peacefully and contently surviving, but not really living until Marcie shows up at his door. Feeling that no one understood him and needing to find solace and rest, Ian left town. Ian Buchanan risked his life to carry Bobby's lifeless body to safety, but after seeing his best friend so severely incapacitated, it is a decision that still haunts him. She stubbornly sets out on her mission, refusing to give up and go home no matter what. She feels strangely compelled to find him if for no other reason than to give him some of Bobby's things and to ask a few questions. Bobby's best friend and commanding officer, Ian Buchanan, had disappeared from their lives not long after he returned from his tour of duty, and something about that doesn't sit well with Marcie. Marcie treasured every minute she had with Bobby and had thought she had made peace and said her goodbyes long before his death, but finds that she is still having trouble moving on with her life.

Marcie spent three years nursing him, until he finally passed away one year ago at Christmastime. Marcie Sullivan's Marine husband, Bobby, came back from Iraq with severe brain and spinal cord injuries from which he never recovered.

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