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And then, a week later, I got an email from a totally different, completely random Gmail address.

Lars,

It’s me. I have to change email accounts every so often – just part of my situation. So be on the lookout for new messages from odd email addresses. Come to think of it, I’ll give you a heads-up in future emails when I’ll be switching.

You might not hear from me for a week or so. I have to make a business trip out of town and probably won’t be able to contact you.

I hope you’re doing alright. I think of you all the time.

Rachel

If her ‘business trip’ was anything like her mission to Afghanistan, I was concerned for her safety. I knew she was more than capable of protecting herself and tried not to worry – but I didn’t do a very good job of it.

Rachel,

Thanks for the heads-up on the email addresses. I’ll keep a close watch.

I hope your business trip goes well.

Please travel safely and let me know as soon as you can when you’re back home.

And if you can email me while on the road, I wouldn’t say no to hearing from you.

But if not, don’t worry – ‘there’s no cow on the ice.’

I think of you all the time, too.

Talk to you soon.

Lars

She wrote back almost immediately.

Lars,

I’ll definitely let you know as soon as I’m back home.

Unfortunately, I probably won’t be able to contact you during the trip.

No internet reception where I’m going.

Think of me while I’m gone. I know I’ll be thinking of you.

Rachel

For most people, our emails would have been laughingly mundane. But for me, this was more passionate than I had ever been in my life – at least in writing. Putting my emotions into words wasn’t my strong suit.

Add in the fact that these were our first messages after spending only one night together and that she had to be discreet because of her work –

And what probably seemed tame to others felt incredibly intense and personal to me.

Then, just as I felt we were getting closer…

I didn’t hear from her for two weeks.

The first week wasn’t so bad. She’d said ‘a week or so.’

But then seven days became eight… and then nine…

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