All for You by Jessica Scott

Author:Jessica Scott [Scott, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Erotica, Genre Fiction, War, Women's Fiction, Contemporary Women, Romance, Contemporary, Romantic Suspense, Contemporary Fiction, Mystery & Suspense, Suspense
ISBN: 9781455553754
Amazon: B00EHMFCPK
Barnesnoble: B00EHMFCPK
Publisher: Forever
Published: 2014-02-04T05:00:00+00:00

Sloban walked slowly toward the front of the clinic. He was using. Reza could tell instantly by the way his hands were in constant motion, especially the one holding the nine mil. Sloban’s eyes were sunken and hollow and rimmed with red.

He felt her presence behind him as he stepped from beneath the shade tree overhanging the front door. Emily had been white as a sheet only seconds ago when he’d told her he was going out to talk to Sloban. He’d figured her natural fear would keep her inside and out of his way.

Apparently, self-preservation was not on her list of strong points. Second only to domestic violence situations, dealing with a strung-out druggie was the worst type of situation to go into. Well, except for house-borne IEDs. Those were always fun, too.

“Dude, this isn’t the way you want to go out,” Reza said quietly to Sloban. He wanted to turn around and shout at the dumbass captain behind him. Why the hell hadn’t she stayed inside and let him handle this? Did she think this was some kind of friggin’ game? The kid in front of him, who had once been a decorated combat veteran, was twitchy and strung-out. His face was pockmarked with sores—some scabbed over, others still fresh and raw. Reza’s soul ached at the emptiness that looked back at him. Sloban had been part of Reza’s platoon once upon a time. He’d been a fucking warrior on the streets of Baghdad and had gone house to house with him in Sadr City.

But one too many nightmare scenarios had twisted something inside the shadow of the man looking back at him now. One too many explosions that had left him covered in his buddies’ blood. One too many sleepless nights in the bunker as the world blew up around them.

Reza knew full well what it felt like to want to numb the pain. But he’d never resorted to meth. That was just stupid. Here Sloban was, destroying himself, all because he was trying to get away from the assault from his own brain.

“Sarn’t Ike, the army fucked me. Totally fucked me.” Sloban gripped the nine mil in his hand like an old-school mobster, waving it for emphasis as he spoke. “She fucked me. Her and all these goddamned doctors who think they know what we do.” He jabbed the gun over Reza’s shoulder in Emily’s direction.

Reza stepped to the side, blocking Sloban’s view of Captain Lindberg and moving directly into the path of his weapon. “You don’t want to do this, Neal. This isn’t the way to get them to listen to your case.”

“They’re not going to listen to me!” Sloban raked his hand through his stringy hair. “They said I’m an addict. I won’t get shit from the VA now. I can’t get the fucking memories out of my head. They broke me, Sarn’t Ike. I begged not to go on this last deployment. You know what Captain Marshall said? Suck it up, pussy.” He scrubbed his hands over his face.

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