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letting the sun warm his face and bare chest, he thought about what would come next if he put down some roots. He supposed starting a family with Maya would eventually come into the plan. Would he make a good father? The thought scared the shit out of him. He and his father had lived in the same house, but his father spent most of his time working. Landon recalled all the soccer games his father missed, and later on, the football games, the birthdays and he even missed his graduation from high school. So yes, he before his father's death, Landon did have a father in a biological sense, but not one who was actually there for him.
    He didn’t want to be that type of father. He would be there for his kids.
    His kids. The thought sent a shiver down his spine. He pushed the ideas aside. There were a lot of hurdles he needed to go over before he could start contemplating babies and staying in Cabo with Maya.
    He closed his eyes, and the warm sun soothed his bones. Most of the kids from spring break had gone, so the pool was somewhat quiet. Behind him the ocean waves crashed against the sand lulling him into a peaceful sleep.
    “Landon.”
    He slowly opened his eyes to see Maya standing above him smiling. “Wake up, sleepy head.”
    “I fell asleep.” He yawned.
    Maya laughed and sat down on the lounge chair. “I know.”
    “What did you want to do tonight?” He took her hand in his.
    She shrugged. “I’m a little tired, so I would really just like to relax.”
    “Sounds good. How about room service and a movie?”
    “ Perfecto .”
    They held hands as they made their way up the path to his building. He stole a kiss from her in the elevator, and he realized that even though he had just woken from a nap, he was still tired. Dinner in and a movie would indeed be perfecto .
    “I’m going to take a shower,” she said when they got into the room.
    “I’ll order dinner. Do you want wine as well?”
    “ Si .” She shut the door.
    Just as he was about to call for room service, his cell phone went off. He froze. There was only one person who would be calling him, and that was his commanding officer, Marty. Shit. This was the phone call he was dreading and hoping for all at once. Would he go on one more mission, or was he done? One thing that was for certain was that he wasn’t going to find out by simply staring at phone.
    He grabbed it. “Walker,” he barked.
    Closing his eyes, he listened to his C.O. After a moment he said, “Got it, Marty. Thank you.”
    He slowly set the phone down and exhaled. He turned around to walk over to the hotel phone to place their room service order and was startled to see Maya leaning against the wall just outside the bathroom door, her arms across her chest.
    “I forgot my bag,” she said quietly, but didn’t move. “You told me two weeks, Landon.”
    He met her stare. Maya knew what it meant when his cell phone rang. His C.O. was the only one who called when he was in Cabo, and that was always the signal it was time to ship out.
    “Maya—”
    “Don’t.” She held up her hand as if she were a crossing guard in a crosswalk. “I don’t want to hear it.” She strode across the room and grabbed her bag.
    “Maya—”
    “Landon Walker, I told you I don’t want to hear it! You told me two weeks. Minimum. Dos . And now you’re leaving again after one week!”
    Her voice jumped up octaves at a time, and she started yelling at him rapid Spanish.
    He didn’t understand much of it, but he caught some cursing.
    “I appreciate you serving your country!” Tears flowed down her face. “But I’m tired of being the second!” Even when she was this upset he found her broken English endearing.
    “Maya—”
    “ Cállate !” she screamed. That he understood. Shut up .
    Landon was pretty certain she had reached hysteria. Definitely not an expert on women, but if he had been a betting man, he would lay a hundred down on silence being the best option.
    More rapid-fire Spanish was