Picking Up the Pieces by Brenda Adcock

Author:Brenda Adcock [Adcock, Brenda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Lesbian, Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781619291218
Amazon: B00F2PP418
Goodreads: 19239904
Publisher: Yellow Rose by RCE
Published: 2013-09-07T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Washington, D.C. January 2010

LAUREN FELT SURPRISINGLY refreshed as she gathered her things from around and under her seat on the commercial flight from Frankfurt to Washington, D.C. She had fallen asleep not long after take-off and slept until the stewardess awakened her to tell her the plane would be landing within the hour. It was the first time she had slept more than three or four hours since Athon’s last mission. Four days of emotional and mental hell, accompanied by prayers that begged, pleaded, demanded her lover’s safe return. As she watched the ground grow closer, she wondered where Athon and the other injured soldiers were, whether they had already departed from Greenland.

She waited until the line of passengers finally began moving down the aisle of the plane before standing up. She had gone online before she left Frankfurt and made a reservation at a hotel close to Walter Reed. Once she was settled in she would make her way to the receiving hospital and attempt to locate Colonel Beverly Campbell. After Mandy reminded her about the paperwork Athon had signed giving Lauren both a medical and financial power of attorney before her deployment, she was certain she wouldn’t have a problem. She rented a car at the airport and thanks to the GPS included in the vehicle she found her hotel within a relatively short time. She was certain she’d driven within viewing distance of the Capitol Building and other famous landmarks, but she wasn’t in the nation’s capital as a tourist.

She checked in and tried to settle into her new home away from home. She called the information officer at Walter Reed and was transferred five times before losing her temper with a man who sounded like a teenager. She knew the length of the red tape the government spun was unwieldy and implacable. She took a deep breath to calm her nerves and waited until the young man returned to the phone. The best he could do was tell her that the medical flight had left Greenland at the designated departure time and was en route to Andrews Air Force Base. Since she didn’t know the designated flight departure time, she grabbed the keys to her vehicle and decided to drive to the air force base in Maryland and wait. The drive was relatively short, but the wait would be much longer. It took her half an hour to get through the main gate of the base after producing every possible piece of paper she had in her possession. She was able to acquire a temporary visitor’s pass for the car and followed the gate guard’s directions to the main terminal. She stopped military personnel in various areas to inquire about the arrival time of the flight. She knew she wouldn’t be able to see Athon, but knowing she was safely back in the United States would make her feel better. There was nothing for her to do but find a place to watch incoming flights descend onto the tarmac.

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