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she needed except heroin, talked her down from the highs, up from the lows.
“The ability to control my emotions and my actions, regardless of circumstance, sets me apart from other men.”
Her behavior didn’t upset or concern me. I knew she would get through this. She'd gotten through worse.
Kyle, Vic, and I were crammed in the living area, watching te levision. It didn’t even bother my brothers that they had given up their entire vacation leave to help this girl. I was thankful for them, for my training, for my ability to have the tactical skills to save Annie.
Annie awoke and walked into the living area. Vic handed her water and her meds, and she just pushed back her crazy hair and gave me that crooked smile I had first noticed in the lineup that day.
“How you feeling?” I didn’t know which Annie she would be today.
She nodded her head. “Good. Better. I’m sorry about the other night.”
“Don’t worry about it.” Vic and Kyle headed down to the deck. I wanted to go and hang out with them.
Her eyes narrowed at me. “Why are you doing this, Pat?”
“Doing what?”
“Helping me detox. You could’ve just dumped me at the e mbassy like this.”
I hated being questioned about my motives. “Your parents have been through enough; I didn’t want them to see you like this. It’s the right thing to do.”
“So that’s it? You’re going to take me to the embassy and I’ll never see you again?” Her voice trailed off.
“Yup. That’s the plan.” Truth was, I was stationed in Cor onado, so when I came off deployment, I could technically see her again. Her family lived nearby in Encinitas. But that wouldn’t be a good idea. I trained sometimes eighteen hours a day and spent my time off at SEAL watering holes, like Danny’s Palm Bar & Grill. She wouldn’t find me hanging out at the country club with her friends, that was for damn sure.
“What’s your deal? Why don’t you have a girlfriend or a wife? You’re a SEAL. All my sorority sisters would always go SEAL hunting in Coronado and drop their panties in seconds if there were any sightings. You’re gorgeous, sexy, selfless…. Any girl would be lucky to have you.”
Tell that to my ex. “I’m just not interested. Not until I retire. I can’t be responsible for anyone else when I’m thousands of miles away. And I could die. I wouldn’t want to leave a kid without a dad, like mine did to me.”
“He was a SEAL, too?”
“No. He was a piece of shit who couldn’t take any responsibi lity for his actions.”
She put her hand on my shoulder, trying to comfort me. But I pushed it off. “I need to get some fresh air. I’ll be on the deck if you need anything.”
She shrugged her shoulders and just lay back in the bed and pulled the covers over her head.
I needed a break from her, from this intensity. I just wanted everything to be normal, my normal, before I’d ever set foot in that brothel.
Safe on the deck, Vic handed me a beer. “You good?”
“Yup.” I took a sip and sat down. I didn’t even know how to process all the emotions I was going through. It had been so long since I’d had to think about a woman’s fucking feelings.
Kyle grabbed his own beer and sat next to me. “So have you hit that yet?”
Vic just shook his head. “What this fucker means is that you aren't getting too close, are you?”
“Fuck that, Vic. I just want to know if he’s gotten laid. We’re trapped out in the middle of the ocean, with only one girl and three of us. If I’m not getting any, at least he should be. I mean, you’re sleeping in the same room with her every night. Those walls are thin but damned if I don’t hear any headboards banging.”
“You’re both fucking idiots. I’m not in love and I'm not going to fuck her. Not now, not ever. She’s got someone waiting anyway. Probably. He says he is.”
Kyle laughed. “That chump girly-man surfer? Please. He can’t compete with you. You’re a motherfucking SEAL,
“The ability to control my emotions and my actions, regardless of circumstance, sets me apart from other men.”
Her behavior didn’t upset or concern me. I knew she would get through this. She'd gotten through worse.
Kyle, Vic, and I were crammed in the living area, watching te levision. It didn’t even bother my brothers that they had given up their entire vacation leave to help this girl. I was thankful for them, for my training, for my ability to have the tactical skills to save Annie.
Annie awoke and walked into the living area. Vic handed her water and her meds, and she just pushed back her crazy hair and gave me that crooked smile I had first noticed in the lineup that day.
“How you feeling?” I didn’t know which Annie she would be today.
She nodded her head. “Good. Better. I’m sorry about the other night.”
“Don’t worry about it.” Vic and Kyle headed down to the deck. I wanted to go and hang out with them.
Her eyes narrowed at me. “Why are you doing this, Pat?”
“Doing what?”
“Helping me detox. You could’ve just dumped me at the e mbassy like this.”
I hated being questioned about my motives. “Your parents have been through enough; I didn’t want them to see you like this. It’s the right thing to do.”
“So that’s it? You’re going to take me to the embassy and I’ll never see you again?” Her voice trailed off.
“Yup. That’s the plan.” Truth was, I was stationed in Cor onado, so when I came off deployment, I could technically see her again. Her family lived nearby in Encinitas. But that wouldn’t be a good idea. I trained sometimes eighteen hours a day and spent my time off at SEAL watering holes, like Danny’s Palm Bar & Grill. She wouldn’t find me hanging out at the country club with her friends, that was for damn sure.
“What’s your deal? Why don’t you have a girlfriend or a wife? You’re a SEAL. All my sorority sisters would always go SEAL hunting in Coronado and drop their panties in seconds if there were any sightings. You’re gorgeous, sexy, selfless…. Any girl would be lucky to have you.”
Tell that to my ex. “I’m just not interested. Not until I retire. I can’t be responsible for anyone else when I’m thousands of miles away. And I could die. I wouldn’t want to leave a kid without a dad, like mine did to me.”
“He was a SEAL, too?”
“No. He was a piece of shit who couldn’t take any responsibi lity for his actions.”
She put her hand on my shoulder, trying to comfort me. But I pushed it off. “I need to get some fresh air. I’ll be on the deck if you need anything.”
She shrugged her shoulders and just lay back in the bed and pulled the covers over her head.
I needed a break from her, from this intensity. I just wanted everything to be normal, my normal, before I’d ever set foot in that brothel.
Safe on the deck, Vic handed me a beer. “You good?”
“Yup.” I took a sip and sat down. I didn’t even know how to process all the emotions I was going through. It had been so long since I’d had to think about a woman’s fucking feelings.
Kyle grabbed his own beer and sat next to me. “So have you hit that yet?”
Vic just shook his head. “What this fucker means is that you aren't getting too close, are you?”
“Fuck that, Vic. I just want to know if he’s gotten laid. We’re trapped out in the middle of the ocean, with only one girl and three of us. If I’m not getting any, at least he should be. I mean, you’re sleeping in the same room with her every night. Those walls are thin but damned if I don’t hear any headboards banging.”
“You’re both fucking idiots. I’m not in love and I'm not going to fuck her. Not now, not ever. She’s got someone waiting anyway. Probably. He says he is.”
Kyle laughed. “That chump girly-man surfer? Please. He can’t compete with you. You’re a motherfucking SEAL,
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