title: Time Invested
author: Simpson, Ginger
description: Why won’t Meagan Murphy’s father allow her to date anyone in uniform?  He must have reasons he hasn’t shared, but contrary to Daddy’s rules, Meg meets Ryan Cullen while volunteering at the USO and throws caution to the wind.  Ryan only has a short time before his unit ships out, and Meagan intends to make the most of the time they have left together.
  His parting gift is a ring on her finger and a request that she wait for him to return.  Will he make it home to ask permission for her hand…or are all those nightly radio newscasts about mounting casualties warning her to prepare for the worst?