Once her parents had retired for the night, Sarah sat down in her recliner with Tim’s letter in her hand. She stared at the envelope a long while, noticing it had been postmarked from Fort Hood over a week earlier. She turned it round and round in her hands as she summoned the courage to open it.
Sarah closed her eyes briefly and took a deep breath, then eased the single page out of the envelope and began to read.
By the time this letter gets to you I will probably be overseas, Sarah, it began. I wanted to be able to tell you face-to-face that I was being deployed, but that chance is gone now.
What the hell happened to us, baby? I’ve re-read the note you left me so many times now, but I still don’t understand it. Whatever you heard was wrong, Sarah. It’s always been you, always – and it
