“So that’s how I ended up here. Unlike many others, I actually volunteered and have been serving since ‘38, before the war even started here.” He rubbed his eyes with his fingers and stretched.
Greta sat up straight. She chewed on her lower lip again, lost in thought. I knew this would happen, I knew she would change, she wouldn’t love me anymore. A cold sense of dread swept over him as he watched Greta stiffen. This was what he feared the most - rejection. Ever since that night, Jimmy felt less than worthy of love, of relationships, because of the damage he was capable of inflicting. Of hurting those he cared about most. Sean. Catherine. Hugh. The casualties of his carelessness. Now, he risked it all to open his heart again to Greta. What he knew would happen, did, she knew he was nothin
