Divine by Cait Jarrod

Author:Cait Jarrod
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: military, family relationships, sweet romance, bonds of friendship, friends to lovers, childhood friendship, dream and reality, montana romance, family and friendships, friends to romance

Weeks had passed since the doctors removed the lower half of Matt’s leg. Today he flew home, back to the area where he’d lost the most. Losing a leg was hell but didn’t compare to losing his parents and his best friend.

He and Trina were finished. A fact, yet not something he accepted or wanted to think about. The dark place his mind wallowed in wouldn’t go away. During rehab, the doctors had talked until they threw their hands in the air and stormed out of his room. He didn’t blame them. He didn’t like being in his mind, either.

“Take care,” said Private Driscoll, the lone person he let close since his buddies had taken fragments from the bomb to vital parts of their bodies. Even Liz, soft and sweet, who recently joined the platoon, didn’t survive. “I’ll catch you stateside.”

“Looking forward to it,” he replied, knowing he wouldn’t see Driscoll again.

He maneuvered the steps to board the plane. The prosthesis still irritated him, more mentally than physically. He hobbled to a seat and flopped into it. Other men and women under medical release sat nearby. One man lost an arm; another wore a patch over his eye. He didn’t inspect the people sitting in the rear. No doubt, they had similar injuries and wanted to be left alone. He relaxed in his seat and closed his eyes. In no time, the plane landed and he disembarked. The fact he slept for over ten hours didn’t escape him. He’d been beat and hadn’t been able to rest much with all the rehab.

Outside, he breathed in the humid air and searched the crowd, waiting on the tarmac.

Travis’ face was tight, his mouth firm. He inspected him like his father would have, with compassion, caring, and the I’m-sorry-for-what-you’re-going-through expression.

Matt blinked and swallowed the sour taste in his mouth.

“Hey!” Travis pulled him in for a hug. “Damn, I like having you home.”

“I’m half the man, I was,” he said, not releasing him.

“You can never be half a man, squirt!” His brother patted his back. “Never.”

He chuckled at the childhood nickname. “Who are you calling a squirt?”

Travis cocked his head and searched his face. The deep concern in his eyes about broke him. “Damn glad to see you again.”

Another tight squeeze, and Travis reached for Matt’s duffle.

“I can carry it.”

“I know, but I want to do this.” Travis placed a hand on his shoulder. “Let’s go home.”

Appreciating his big brother’s comfort, he walked in silence to the silver truck.

Pulling out of Andrew’s Air Force base and heading northwest toward home, Travis said, “I assume you’re staying at the house.”

“Where else?” He stared out the window.

“Dunno. That’s why I asked.”

Travis tried to behave as if nothing had changed, but not him. Everything he’d held dear, the things making him tick, had disappeared within a few months. Eerie, how life transformed so quickly. One moment he loved life, feeling good, and ready to take on the world. The next, he didn’t much give a shit what happened.

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