Her Invisible Soldier: A Military Romance with a Twist by Grace Risata

Author:Grace Risata [Risata, Grace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Today was a true Monday and I actually questioned why I even bothered to show up at the veteran’s center. After Dixon’s freak out on Sunday morning, I was starting to think he really didn’t have any feelings for me at all. I’ve never met a person who ran so hot and cold in my entire life.

Yet I couldn’t get his words out of my head.

“Don’t give up on me, Alyce.”

Don’t worry, I’m not a quitter. I can’t shake the feeling that if it weren’t for me, Dixon wouldn’t really have anyone at all. So I’ll just swallow my pride and see what kind of mood he’s in today. Hopefully there’s no confrontation and I can sit against the wall and take a little bit of a nap. I had a stressful day at work because Kennedy went home sick at ten o’clock in the morning. She seemed perfectly fine to me, except for the frequent checking of her watch every few minutes. Very unusual. The woman was also strangely silent when I asked about her sister. I suppose if there were any exciting Kassie gossip, I’d find out soon enough.

I had every intention of stopping for a brief ‘hello’ at the welcome desk to check in with Kassie and Debbie, but that didn’t play out at all like I’d assumed it would.

“Hello, Alyce,” Debbie stated slowly, drawing out my name in an odd tone. “How are you?”

“I’m fine,” I replied, looking around to see if anything might be amiss. Raising an eyebrow questioningly in her direction, I silently gave the ‘what’s wrong?’ face.

She used her hand to quickly point to Kassie, whose back was turned to us. What now? Another catfight? I didn’t have time for this junior high drama.

“Kassie, Alyce is here,” Debbie said. “Aren’t you going to say hello to your friend?”

The blonde instantly spun around in my direction, and my eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets. It was Kennedy…and her right arm was in a sling.

“You’re probably surprised to see me with an injury,” Kennedy blurted, speaking about ninety miles an hour, “and wondering to yourself why I’m so clumsy. You know me, good old Kassie always seems to find trouble wherever she goes. My sister Kennedy is the lucky one because she has her head on straight. I wish I was more like her.”

Does Kennedy think I’m a fucking idiot? She couldn’t be more obvious in her attempts to let me know that she was pretending to be her sister. Jeez. Let’s give me some credit for not having my head totally up my ass. They’re not entirely identical. One sister has a mole right below her eye and the other one does not.

“How on Earth did you manage to mess up your arm, Kassie?” I asked demurely, playing along with the con.

“It’s a long story.”

“Really?” Debbie mumbled in confusion. “Since when? You told me that you fell down your front stairs and sprained your wrist. That doesn’t seem very long to me.”

“I’m

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