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Chapter One

Liam

I never thought at the age of thirty-four, I’d be sitting here on the front porch of ured I’d buy it, gut it, renovate it, and rent it out while I was still enlisted And then when I finally decide to retire, I’d move home, and it would be ot ht I’d be lost, not knohat to really do with myself

I found a group with former SEALS that were in n countries The money isn’t bad, plusover there The down fall is I’h to actually work on this ranch style hohborhood is sh, except for the rogue dog barking here or there It gives you that quaint ho twenty minutes away

Today I knocked doall separating the living room from the entry way This house was choppy as hell when I first bought it, but it’s slowly beco the open floor plan it needs to be Last tiuzzling et washed up and head to the grocery store and pick up some food

I walk into the bathroo hot, and ju else that will need to be updated onI need to do is exhausting, but I truly enjoy doing it all the sa like fuck it’ll ease soood twenty minutes before it slowly starts to help I scrub my body with soap, rinse, shut the water off and towel dry ri I was invincible, but boy was I dumb I have scars on my torso from my time with the SEALS And ht-inch scar where they had to open me up and put a steel rod in my back When I woke up in the hospital with the doctor hovering over e of thirty-tasn’t what I expected I did thelike fuck I wouldn’t have to leave the SEALS, but at the end of the day, my career was toast So I picked up the pieces, took care of myself, and found what I hope will land me back on my feet

I finish dressing in a pair of khaki shorts, black v-neck tee, sliding my feet in sneakers and head towards my truck It’s only four years old now and fully paid off While I ay, I paid off as much shit as I could while I wasn’t hoon the inside Realizing I need to head to the hardware store, I back out of my driveway and drive towards town

Chapter Two

Everly

Sitting on the side of the road after working a double shift at the local diner was not sorab a pizza to go, take a hot bath, and binge viehat’s on ainst me

Here I sit on the side of the road The hood is up onit’s the radiator hose or so worse, like a blown motor If that’s the issue, this car is destined for the junkyard and I’ll just have to walk back and forth from home to work Who knows, it as and car insurance They say bad things co else will happen

I called the local tow company, and because it’s Friday, they’re busy as hell and won’t get out for another hour or so I plantto stop the nervous breakdown froy school, and holding a roof over my head, I think I may be at my wits end I look up to the sky, thankful it’s not a scorching hot spring day There’s a soft breeze, and even withto throw a few hard knocks, I smile