“See you in a bit!”
“Let me walk you in.”
“I can make it fifteen feet all by myself,” she teases, and before I can argue, blows me a kiss and jogs inside.
I catch the kiss, grinning as I watch her go.
I’ve never been this happy before. It’s foreign, but I’m getting used to it quickly.
My phone rings as I drive back to the house. I smile when I see Devon’s name on the screen and pick up immediately.
“Hey, Dev?—”
“Grant.” His voice is rough. Weak. Not like him at all.
Ice forms in my veins.
I park in the driveway and sit there, my muscles tense. “What happened?”
“There was an ambush. IEDs,” he says, and I can hear the wince in his voice.
“How bad?” I ask quietly.
“Bad, but I’m still alive,” he sighs. “I’m in Germany now. Got airlifted here yesterday… or the day before. What day is it today?”
“Tuesday.”
“Four days ago, then. Shit.”
“It’s okay. What have the doctors said?”
“Well, my time in the military is over.” I can hear the bitterness in his voice.
“We’ll figure out a plan.”
He grunts. “I have a plan.”
I swallow. “What’s that?”
“I want what you have. It’s time for me to settle down.”
“Letter girl?”
“Of course.” He snorts as if the idea of finding someone else is insane.
“Do you know who she is yet?”
“No, not yet. She wrote me again. I got it the day this all happened, but I haven’t read it yet. It will be with my things. I’ll track her down once I’m back stateside.”
“Do you need anything?”
“No. They keep saying I need to rest.”
“When will you be back stateside?”
“A few weeks at least. I need to recover from the surgery. Sounds like I’ll be doing physical therapy here before they send me back.”
“Well, keep me updated.”
