“Yeah. But I guess when it’s real, it’s easy to say.”
“So you’re cool with me going back?”
I grinned suddenly. “Well, you do look super sexy in that uniform,” I said, hoping he’d take the hint.
My soldier was good at following directions.
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I was grinding coffee beans as usual. God it felt like that’s all I ever did was grind coffee, brew coffee and sling coffee. It was a never ending circle. It would all be over soon enough though. Daniel was back on base working. He seemed much happier these day, much more relaxed. He’d also been talking a lot about the future. His, mine and ours. It felt right. I was happy. Almost too happy. I didn’t want to jinx us. But I was afraid that something or someone was just waiting to trip us up.
The door opened. I heard Quanna speak to the person
