A/N: TRIGGER WARNING: suggestions of rape and sexual assault. Also acts of torture, abuse and misconduct. READ AT OWN RISK! Trigger parts will be in full italics sort of like memories or back stories.
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Thalem, Germany
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The letter Joe wrote home to Gabriella's family had been tougher to write than the last. In the last letter, he promised to bring her home in person. Now, he had to tell them that he was stuck in Germany while Gabriella would be sent home on a boat only to be held in a hospital for even longer. But he did keep his promise of writing immediately when they found her. Whether the letter got to them before Gabriella did was a different story.
'To Mr. Michael J. Edwards & Mrs. Marie-Alice Edwards,
It is I, Joe Toye, once more more writing to you to inform you that we have found Gabriella alive, but in the worst of circumstances. A patrol was sent out to the woods surrounding Sturzelberg, Germany- the town we were stationed in. The men on the patrol found the remains of a Concentration Camp where men from all over Germany were corralled into, worked and starved. Among these men, we found Gabriella. She was unrecognizable to even me at first. She was in such bad condition even I thought I was going to lose her. But she is stronger than many of us and will pull through, so I've heard.
I was told by Colonel Robert Sink that a medical team was en route to a hospital where she is being cared for. That medical team will transport her over seas and back to America where she will spend a little while in a hospital before returning to you. Myself and the rest of the Company send her back to American soil with our love and wishes of luck that she gets well sooner rather than later.
Despite never having met in person before, it would be an honor to, upon my arrival to the United States, take a train to your home and check up on her. It would also be an honor to meet the parents who raised the girl I've grown to love, for I believe you've raised her into one hell of a woman. And by that, I mean she is the most compassionate, caring, most determined and loving person I have probably ever met, besides my own mother.
I await your answer and I deeply apologize for not being able to find her sooner so that she may not be in as much pain.
Signed,
Joe Toye'.
That was the last letter Joe had sent before the Company moved into the mountains of Austria where a group of Germans were holed up, ready to fight a guerrilla war. The letter he received when the European war was declared over was one he most anticipated.
'To S/Sergeant Joseph Toye,
We were more than thrilled to hear you found our dearest Gabriella. We had prayed she was still alive and your seemingly unbroken determination to find her had lifted our spirits and warmed our hearts more than you could possibly know. We received a letter from the American Military Service letting us know she was inbound shortly after we got your letter. We thank you deeply, from the bottom of our hearts for looking after our daughter. Her older sister and younger brother are simply ecstatic to know their sister will be returning, and I'm sure the twins would be too shall they be here with us.
As for your request to visit upon your return, we would be delighted to host you in our home. After all you've done to protect our daughter it's the least we could do. Although, we ask you visit your family first as we're sure they miss you dearly. We will write to you when we know she has returned to our home and she is in our care.
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