Read Online Back From Hell (Marine For You Book 2) (Contemporary Military Veteran Romance) by Marissa Dobson - Free Book Online Page B
Authors: Marissa Dobson
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Adult, Erotic, depression, volunteer, marine, ptsd, veteran, Peace, IED, Battlefield, Shared Grief, Lance Corporal, Damaged Goods
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to stay here. What if the doctor comes back?”
“No, you need to come with me. We won’t be far and the doctor will find you. After all, you’re her next of kin. He won’t be able to give the news to anyone else.” He eyed the other man, making clear what he meant: that the doctor wouldn’t be able to give the surgery update to him without her there.
He kept his arm tight around her, leading her from the waiting room, and a little ways down the hall. When he came to a stop, she leaned against the wall and let out a growl. He wanted to hold her tight and ease the pain and stress that boiled within her. “Deep breaths.”
“Why do I let them get under my skin?” She wiped a tear that had rolled down her face. “It was stupid…I thought after all this time away maybe things had changed. That they’d accept me for the person I am rather than the one Mom wants me to be, but that’s never going to happen. Tonight proves it. They can’t even let it go in a situation like this.”
“My instinct is to tell you that you should live for yourself. To make yourself happy, not someone else. If this ranch means so much to you, then continue on the path you’re on. Don’t let their comments sway you from your dreams.” He took her hand into his. “But maybe I’m not the one to listen to. What do I know about families?”
“Oh, Kyle…”
“I don’t want your pity,” he reminded her. “I only meant that maybe this is the normal interaction within families. I was never a part of one long enough to know. But what I do know is that life is precious, and you have to live every minute to the fullest. We never know when our ticket will be punched, so you have to follow your dreams.” For a moment, his thoughts returned to the day they deployed. Weber’s wife and son standing there to see him off. All of Weber’s dreams that would never get fulfilled now. He had to force those memories back and focus on the woman before him, who he could still help.
“It wasn’t like this until after Dad died. Before that, Mom and I might not have seen eye to eye but we didn’t fight every time we were in the same room with each other. Once Dad wasn’t there as a buffer between us it all went to Hell. I swear she hates me because I’m not like her. She doesn’t like that I’m different than her, or that I don’t value the same things. She sees me spreading my wings and believes I’m doing it in spite of her instead of because it’s what I want. You know, since I moved away to get my Master’s degree, I’ve been home once…in two years.”
“Going home can be hard. Everyone around you expects you to be who you were when you left but you come back a different person.” That was something he could relate to because he remembered the few days’ leave he’d had before they deployed. He’d wanted to see his hometown one last time in case he didn’t make it back. While he was there he ran into some people he knew, including his old case manager, who had placed him in countless foster care homes. They had expected him to be the goof off kid he had been when he left, but he had changed.
“Now, everything I’ve worked for might be gone.” She leaned forward and rested her head on his chest. “All I ever wanted was that ranch.”
“Maybe he’s just talking to upset you.”
She shook her head against his chest. “Mr. Cline has been talking about selling the place. It’s becoming too much for him. He knows I’ve always wanted to own it and was supposed to give me a call if he ever wanted to sell. Since my first job, I’ve been putting all my extra money aside in order to buy it, but there’s no way I have enough saved. Not yet.”
“If he was supposed to call you and you haven’t heard from him then maybe it’s just talk. Either way, we’ll find out.”
“Mr. Cline’s word is good, but if someone got to him with an offer he couldn’t refuse, that could explain why he didn’t let me know.”
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“No, you need to come with me. We won’t be far and the doctor will find you. After all, you’re her next of kin. He won’t be able to give the news to anyone else.” He eyed the other man, making clear what he meant: that the doctor wouldn’t be able to give the surgery update to him without her there.
He kept his arm tight around her, leading her from the waiting room, and a little ways down the hall. When he came to a stop, she leaned against the wall and let out a growl. He wanted to hold her tight and ease the pain and stress that boiled within her. “Deep breaths.”
“Why do I let them get under my skin?” She wiped a tear that had rolled down her face. “It was stupid…I thought after all this time away maybe things had changed. That they’d accept me for the person I am rather than the one Mom wants me to be, but that’s never going to happen. Tonight proves it. They can’t even let it go in a situation like this.”
“My instinct is to tell you that you should live for yourself. To make yourself happy, not someone else. If this ranch means so much to you, then continue on the path you’re on. Don’t let their comments sway you from your dreams.” He took her hand into his. “But maybe I’m not the one to listen to. What do I know about families?”
“Oh, Kyle…”
“I don’t want your pity,” he reminded her. “I only meant that maybe this is the normal interaction within families. I was never a part of one long enough to know. But what I do know is that life is precious, and you have to live every minute to the fullest. We never know when our ticket will be punched, so you have to follow your dreams.” For a moment, his thoughts returned to the day they deployed. Weber’s wife and son standing there to see him off. All of Weber’s dreams that would never get fulfilled now. He had to force those memories back and focus on the woman before him, who he could still help.
“It wasn’t like this until after Dad died. Before that, Mom and I might not have seen eye to eye but we didn’t fight every time we were in the same room with each other. Once Dad wasn’t there as a buffer between us it all went to Hell. I swear she hates me because I’m not like her. She doesn’t like that I’m different than her, or that I don’t value the same things. She sees me spreading my wings and believes I’m doing it in spite of her instead of because it’s what I want. You know, since I moved away to get my Master’s degree, I’ve been home once…in two years.”
“Going home can be hard. Everyone around you expects you to be who you were when you left but you come back a different person.” That was something he could relate to because he remembered the few days’ leave he’d had before they deployed. He’d wanted to see his hometown one last time in case he didn’t make it back. While he was there he ran into some people he knew, including his old case manager, who had placed him in countless foster care homes. They had expected him to be the goof off kid he had been when he left, but he had changed.
“Now, everything I’ve worked for might be gone.” She leaned forward and rested her head on his chest. “All I ever wanted was that ranch.”
“Maybe he’s just talking to upset you.”
She shook her head against his chest. “Mr. Cline has been talking about selling the place. It’s becoming too much for him. He knows I’ve always wanted to own it and was supposed to give me a call if he ever wanted to sell. Since my first job, I’ve been putting all my extra money aside in order to buy it, but there’s no way I have enough saved. Not yet.”
“If he was supposed to call you and you haven’t heard from him then maybe it’s just talk. Either way, we’ll find out.”
“Mr. Cline’s word is good, but if someone got to him with an offer he couldn’t refuse, that could explain why he didn’t let me know.”
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