New Rules (Too Many Rules Book 4) by G.L. Snodgrass

Author:G.L. Snodgrass [Snodgrass, G.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Kevin

Two weeks, I thought. Two fun, good weeks. Mattie and I had talked almost every day on the phone. We’d spent last Saturday trapesing around the Seattle center and the ELP. Just talking. Just being together. Her hand in mine. Friends. Who were we kidding. I’d catch her looking at me a certain way and my heart would stop.

Without thinking, I’d brush her wind swept hair out of her eyes and she’d smile that special smile of hers.

No. this friend thing wouldn’t last. But now, we’d never really get a chance to find out. My heart pounded in my chest as I thought about what I had to tell her. She was not going to be pleased.

Sighing I watched the ferry wake turn and tumble before it disappeared back into the calm blue water. Oh, if only life could be like that. Brief turbulence quickly returning to calm.

Sighing, I made my way forward.

When we pulled into Seattle, she was waiting for me in the terminal. Tight jeans, a cute jacket, and scarf to match. A smile that could make a man feel good about the world. Beautiful Mattie.

Her smiles dropped, “What’s wrong?”

I tried to smile back. That was Mattie. I could never hide my feelings from her.

“Let’s get something to eat and I’ll tell you about it,” I said.

She frowned as she slipped her arm into mine. “Ivor’s?” she asked referring to our favorite seafood place just down from the terminal.

I nodded, dreading what was about to happen.

After we had been seated and ordered our food. She turned to me and raised an eyebrow. Silently demanding I spill everything immediately.

I took a deep breath. Just get it over with. Fast and furious.

“The Med board came back. They want to retire me at sixty percent disability.” My heart pounded in my chest. Every time I thought about it, a sharp pain hit me in the gut.

Her eyes narrowed as she studied me. “What does that mean?”

I shrugged my shoulders. “It means in about ten days I’ll no longer be working for Uncle Sam.”

She gasped. “That soon? Can they do it that fast.”

I scoffed. “When they want to, they can move very fast. It’s amazing. It can take six months to get a box of pens but they can move a thousand men halfway around the world at a moment’s notice. So yeah. They can do it that fast. I’ve got a ton of leave on the books. No real household goods to move. So it’s just some paperwork. A handshake and hit the road jack.”

Her mouth hung open as she looked at me, obviously, she was having a problem processing it all.

“What are you going to do?” she asked.

Again, I shrugged my shoulders.

“Are you going to stay around here?” she asked with a hitch in her voice.

The hope in her eyes tore at me. This was what I had been dreading most of all.

“There’s something else,” I said. “Something I haven’t told you.”

She waited, her eyes boring into me.

“Besides my

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