Then not long after we came back to the mainland the commander had died, and things had been topsy-turvy again. In between building the compound we'd been sent out on mission after mission and by the time we came back here for good, we were barely settled before the s**t down by the water took our focus. I hadn't known what was going on in her life, hadn't even known she'd retired, but always in the back of my mind was the thought that one day I would go after her. It never once entered my mind that she might be with someone else. What we had had been so strong, that I just knew deep down inside, that just as there was no one else for me, there could never be anyone else for her. I never expected in a million years though, that she would've borne my child without telling me. "Hey baby