Chapter 8
Chapter 8
My picture and fingerprints were taken after I signed several copies of the enlistment contract. Now, I was officially government property. Of course, my parents would have preferred that the family attorney review it first. I guess that when you’re born into wealth the family lawyer becomes as much a member of the family as the family dog, but in a good way. Finally, by mid-afternoon, I met up with my parents.
“Well, this is it,” I said.
My father shook my hand.
“If you really believe that this is the right thing to do, then you have my full support,” he said. “Just keep your head down, alright?”
My mother was not one for public displays of emotion, but as I turned towards her she threw her arms around me with tears in her eyes. I knew that she wanted me to finis
