Tales From the War (Kinsella Universe Book 5) by Gina Marie Wylie

Author:Gina Marie Wylie [Wylie, Gina Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-03-26T18:30:00+00:00

IV

Two hours later the captain was walking towards the shuttle stop when a short woman stepped in front of him. He stopped and blinked. Donna Merriweather! He glanced around, but saw no one.

“Ernesto told me this morning that my thanking your colonel was the proximate cause of your relief.”

He shook his head. “No, I was relieved because I don’t have a clue about what I’m doing wrong. I think too much, I'm told.”

“And I think too little, Captain,” she told him. “I’ve never had a problem giving or taking orders; my father made very certain I learned to jump to obey his every whim, everyone else around me jumped to obey my slightest whim. From the very earliest age. I’ve learned to think; it’s a judgment call, Captain.”

“I lack good judgment,” he told her simply.

“You lack experience,” she corrected him. “The bozos will tell you about duty and honor until the cows come home, Captain, but it’s all judgment.” She held his gaze.

“I don’t want you to move until I tell you to,” she told him.

He locked every muscle in his body; not if I’m run over by a truck, will I move, until told otherwise. Even if I outrank her.

“Behind you, to your left, a man is drawing a bead on me with a rifle,” the young woman said matter of factly. “You have a pistol, a phone. Do something -- now!”

He took a step to his left, moving forward; knocking her to the ground, covering her with his body, scrabbling for his weapon from the awkward position.

There was a chuckle from beneath him. “Ernesto would go ape, seeing you groping me!”

He looked down at her, startled. “Exercise complete, Captain,” she said softly. He lifted up, and held out his hand to help her up.

She faced him. “They have it wrong, Captain. It’s your emotions that are getting in your way. You find yourself in an unfamiliar situation, and you don’t know how to proceed, so you fall back on emotion.”

She shook her head. “That's a bad choice, Captain. Stick with your instincts.” She waved at the floor. “Those were good instincts, Captain. Just do that and you’ll be fine.” She bobbed her head, “See you around the Fleet, Captain!”

She turned and left.

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