PROLOGUE
“You nervous, buddy?” Kevin asked him as they stood at the front of the First Baptist Church in Adrian, Texas on a gorgeous late May morning.
“Nope, not at all,” Tim told his best man without hesitation. “I love her, and I’m ready for this.”
Tim Fresco and Sarah Genard had dated all through high school, remaining as strong a couple as ever when he left for the Army. By the time he had gotten through boot camp, he’d decided to ask her to marry him, and she’d accepted, her entire face alight with happiness.
Ten months later, he was home on leave, standing in his best dress uniform in front of all their friends and family members, just waiting for the music to start and his bride to appear on her father’s arm.
He glanced at his watch. Three minutes past ten.
Not a big deal, he
