Aidan sat in his car, staring blankly at the file open before him. The meeting with the president had gone in a way that he wasn’t expecting,
He had been reinstated, and he had cleared his name which was a victory to him but the cost was too much, and he would have to leave his family again when he just started regaining their trust.
His next mission would take him thousands of miles away to Iceland for six months, maybe more. Six months away from the life he was trying to piece back together. Six months away from Maisie and Hazel, how was he going to explain this to them?
He picked up his phone and stared at Maisie’s name in his contacts. Just a few weeks ago, it would have been impossible for him to summon the courage to text her. Their relationship had been fractured, they have not b
