Denton by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Military, Romance
ISBN: 9781773361581
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2019-09-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Hannah stared at him in surprise. “Why is that an issue?”

He toyed with his coffee cup for a long moment before he looked at her and gave her the ghost of a smile. “Well, Brock is leaving in only two to three weeks or so. But only because I was talking to you did I consider it. One of the reasons I was so excited to come here was because my friends were here. Friends who have always been part of my adult life, helping me get through the tough times. Not sure I would have gotten through it without them.”

She sat back. “I’m sure you could have,” she said warmly.

“But I don’t know that I could,” he said with a gentle smile. “It’s not been something I’ve ever had to do. It’s not that I’ve ever been tested to be sure.”

“What about growing up?”

He shrugged. “A rural high school and elementary school was normal.” He chuckled. “I know I had friends. It’s one of the reasons why, when I was at BUD/s training, it was easy for me to sort through and pick out people who I knew were my kind. And teamwork has always been a big part of military life. Particularly in my case. Our unit was tight. We are brothers, and we always had each other’s back. And that hasn’t changed, even though the three of us are out of the navy now. That we’re all injured and that we’re all here adds to the fact that we’re helping each other.”

“Are you afraid that if Brock and Cole weren’t here, you wouldn’t do as well?”

He winced, then nodded. “Maybe a little.”

She tilted her head and considered the issue. “For myself, I’ve always been mostly alone. I kept trying to look for people who were of my mind-set, but I never really succeeded.”

“I keep coming back to a fundamental question. If I had been injured first and if I’d have come here alone, would I have done as well as Brock?”

She stared at him, seeing the earnestness, the determination, the absolute knowledge that he’d had a helping hand when Brock didn’t. And the worry that Denton couldn’t have done as well on his own.

“I don’t know, but I believe you would have. It’s not that you had friends to help you do the actual rehab here, but they were a kind of a security blanket, knowing that, if you ever needed somebody to call on or someone to talk to, they were there.”

“Absolutely. But Brock had to do it himself. Brock had to stand on his own two feet to make this happen. Cole came in, and he was so busy playing catch-up with Brock he almost lost his way. But because Brock was here and the others were here to help Cole slow down and to give him a chance to be here on his own, he picked up and is doing well. But now I’ve arrived, and of course, already this whole group was here waiting for me, like a safety net.

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