Chapter Fifteen
Jeremy and EJ stood with the other new recruits, milling around the field behind the officers’ tents. The air was crisp, and in the distance, the fog was thick over the mountains. The sergeant stood at the front of the group.
“My name is Sergeant Wilson. You will call me Sergeant or sir. I’m your new daddy. And you always do what your daddy says to do. Is that clear? The first thing I will teach you is to fall in. Make two lines, shortest next to me, to the tallest at the end. And go.”
EJ headed to the smallest men, and Jeremy headed toward the opposite end. There was much shuffling and rearranging as the men attempted to complete the task.
Sergeant Wilson screamed, “This is one line. Count off one two one two and split now!”
The group shuffled again.
“Now when I say
