Chapter 6
The holiday season was upon them in full force.
No matter what the song might say, Charles had never felt this was the most wonderful time of the year. Christmas in the foster system tended to leave a lot to be desired, and as he grew to adulthood, it hadn’t gotten much better.
Normally, even at this time of year, he would have been overseas, whacking the whackos. This year, however, he’d been given some time off. Not that he had any objections to that. He wasn’t Mark Vincent, who had so much personal, vacation, and sick time banked, HR was desperate to get him to use it and was pathetically grateful when he did.
Charles intended to use this time to see as much of Ginevra as she’d allow. Since she’d finished her rotation at the WBIS, they hadn’t been able to date as often as
