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held his gaze but shook his head slowly. “Not really, man, except that you all found it.”
“I saw her face when she looked at you. And when she tried not to look at you. Yeah, she’s angry and confused, but Jobe, don’t think for a second that she doesn’t still feel something for you.”
Gabe nodded. “Vinny’s right. Even when you were with her today, I could see it too. She’s hurting, no doubt. But this girl’s worth fighting for. Worth giving it your all to take care of and make her happy.”
“Oh, there’s no doubt that she’s worth it,” Jobe admitted.
Tony had been sitting quietly, letting his friends talk through the situation but now observed one of his most valuable team members and said, “Jobe, you’ve never backed away from a mission. Not even when you were vulnerable. You planned, you knew what you were heading into, and you had the most Never Say Die attitude of any of us and that’s saying a lot. I’m not saying make Mackenna your next mission. But you owe it to yourself and to her to see this through till the end. Until you can be friends or more or you decide that it is totally unsalvageable.”
Jobe smiled for the first time knowing they were right. She was worth giving it everything he had.
*
Coming in early the next morning, Mackenna greeted Little John, who was just getting ready to leave.
“You’re here before your regular time,” he said. Eying her carefully, he added, “Heard there was some excitement around here the other day.”
“Yeah,” she admitted, pouring a cup of coffee for both of them. “I’m afraid I let my anger get the best of me and I acted rather foolishly. And in front of the security team that came by.” She saw him give her a stern glare, so she quickly added, “Don’t worry. I learned my lesson. No more baseball bat escapades.”
He chuckled, shaking his head. “I know it’s wrong to say this, but honest to God, I wish I coulda seen that.”
She smiled for the first time since yesterday as they sat at the table. A comfortable silence settled on the two as they sipped their coffee. She looked up after a few minutes, seeing him staring at her.
“You got something else to tell me, girl?”
Pursing her lips, she said, “I suppose that one of the women told you about seeing my ex here yesterday.”
“Someone may have mentioned something about that,” he casually admitted.
“Yeah, right. They probably couldn’t talk about it fast enough!” she complained.
He gave no response and she weighed her words carefully. “We met in college. He was in the Army. Special Forces. Was serving in Afghanistan. I was here planning our wedding and he was over there deciding how to break up with me. He finally just decided that the modern method of a break-up email was best. So I emailed and wrote letters numerous times, begging him to stay with me. To no avail. Over and done with for him, I suppose. Haven’t seen or heard from him in five years and boom, he shows up yesterday working for a security company here in Richland. I think that just about sums it up for you.”
She took another sip of coffee hoping he would not see her shaking hands. He noticed.
“You know I was in the military?” he asked. Her gaze jumped up to his in surprise. “I was just infantry. Regular Army. Nothin’ special like the Special Forces.” He paused for a second, before continuing, “But seen some bad shit where I was.”
She leaned across the table, placing her hand on his large one. “Little John, I can’t image that there’s any job in the military during wartime that wasn’t special. I had no idea you had served.”
He nodded. “Yeah, I guess when the bombs go off they don’t care if you got a high rank or a low one, they’ll kill you just the same.” He took another sip of coffee, watching the young woman in front of him, still obviously affected by the young man’s appearance yesterday in spite of her attempts to say otherwise. “You know, war
“I saw her face when she looked at you. And when she tried not to look at you. Yeah, she’s angry and confused, but Jobe, don’t think for a second that she doesn’t still feel something for you.”
Gabe nodded. “Vinny’s right. Even when you were with her today, I could see it too. She’s hurting, no doubt. But this girl’s worth fighting for. Worth giving it your all to take care of and make her happy.”
“Oh, there’s no doubt that she’s worth it,” Jobe admitted.
Tony had been sitting quietly, letting his friends talk through the situation but now observed one of his most valuable team members and said, “Jobe, you’ve never backed away from a mission. Not even when you were vulnerable. You planned, you knew what you were heading into, and you had the most Never Say Die attitude of any of us and that’s saying a lot. I’m not saying make Mackenna your next mission. But you owe it to yourself and to her to see this through till the end. Until you can be friends or more or you decide that it is totally unsalvageable.”
Jobe smiled for the first time knowing they were right. She was worth giving it everything he had.
*
Coming in early the next morning, Mackenna greeted Little John, who was just getting ready to leave.
“You’re here before your regular time,” he said. Eying her carefully, he added, “Heard there was some excitement around here the other day.”
“Yeah,” she admitted, pouring a cup of coffee for both of them. “I’m afraid I let my anger get the best of me and I acted rather foolishly. And in front of the security team that came by.” She saw him give her a stern glare, so she quickly added, “Don’t worry. I learned my lesson. No more baseball bat escapades.”
He chuckled, shaking his head. “I know it’s wrong to say this, but honest to God, I wish I coulda seen that.”
She smiled for the first time since yesterday as they sat at the table. A comfortable silence settled on the two as they sipped their coffee. She looked up after a few minutes, seeing him staring at her.
“You got something else to tell me, girl?”
Pursing her lips, she said, “I suppose that one of the women told you about seeing my ex here yesterday.”
“Someone may have mentioned something about that,” he casually admitted.
“Yeah, right. They probably couldn’t talk about it fast enough!” she complained.
He gave no response and she weighed her words carefully. “We met in college. He was in the Army. Special Forces. Was serving in Afghanistan. I was here planning our wedding and he was over there deciding how to break up with me. He finally just decided that the modern method of a break-up email was best. So I emailed and wrote letters numerous times, begging him to stay with me. To no avail. Over and done with for him, I suppose. Haven’t seen or heard from him in five years and boom, he shows up yesterday working for a security company here in Richland. I think that just about sums it up for you.”
She took another sip of coffee hoping he would not see her shaking hands. He noticed.
“You know I was in the military?” he asked. Her gaze jumped up to his in surprise. “I was just infantry. Regular Army. Nothin’ special like the Special Forces.” He paused for a second, before continuing, “But seen some bad shit where I was.”
She leaned across the table, placing her hand on his large one. “Little John, I can’t image that there’s any job in the military during wartime that wasn’t special. I had no idea you had served.”
He nodded. “Yeah, I guess when the bombs go off they don’t care if you got a high rank or a low one, they’ll kill you just the same.” He took another sip of coffee, watching the young woman in front of him, still obviously affected by the young man’s appearance yesterday in spite of her attempts to say otherwise. “You know, war
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