CHAPTER 3: FIVE MINUTESI WAS GLAD THAT CHRISTMAS was over and that life was back to normal on the base. Babies cried and soldiers bustled about. And the decorations were all being taken down. Amber had been strangely absent today. I didn’t pay it much mind. She might have been busy with patients. I’d catch up with her later.
The phone on my desk rang and I picked it up. “Lieutenant Steel,” I answered automatically.
“Hello Lt Steele. This is Katie from the front desk. You have a visitor in the lobby.”
I frowned at the phone. “A visitor? Who?”
“I don’t know ma’am. He asked to see you.”
My heart began to pound. No, I thought. It couldn’t be. Don’t even think it and get your hopes all up. It’s not him. Why would he come back to see me? “I’ll be there in a moment, Katie. Thanks.”
“Yes m
