Female Marines- The Hic-cup

Chapter 4

Braxton stares down my brother and father, standing in a defensive position awaiting his next move. My daad bellows "I wanna know the truth and I wanna know it now!"

Braxton looks to me I give the slightest nod, I am letting him control the out of this. "Sir, I am romantically involved with your daughter, we were deployed together and after a lot of shit happened over there we can to comfort ourself here in the states. Your daughter has PTSD." He is straight face emotionless as usual but it does him good. I know where he is going with this. Blackbird Mission i Russia, part of cover story for undercover mission.

I storm down the porch and slap him across the face, the family gasp and my brother grabs me. We keep them on there toes, I am a mentally disabled service member who does wanna admit. Don't get me wrong I have lost men, some of those under covers don't always go that well either. But I was fine but i kept acting like I wasn't okay, for the mission. "I told you I was fine! My family doesn't need to know!" I pretend to shed a tear.

Braxton grabs my shoulders, "your not okay! You need help, let people help you Rose! This is your family!" Whip my shoulders out of his hold and go to slap him but my brother grabs me pulling me away. "I love you Rose!" Braxton yells and my brothers brings me inside.

My dad just stands there heart broken, "Why didn't you tell me, thats my baby girl". He is a little comer but very hurt.

"She made me swear not to, and I thought it was under control, but we went through the same hell together, I just wanna help her." We did some damn fine acting out there, hurts that I still must lie to my family but it is what it is.

The next week goes by fast and our leave is over. During that time it was a lot of walking and talking and working out and riding horses, really it was nice to have Braxton there someone who understood me.

The flight home went fast, landing and driving back base we get ready for one hell of a train ride with what is going on that Braxton is worried about. Who knows maybe it is nothing.

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