Nothingness
It was 9:30 pm and a shabby looking young man with a beard was sitting on the bar counter ordering one drink after another. Everyone at Swazey's bar knew who he was- he had become a regular since the last two months. Every evening he came and sat at the same place and ordered the same drink and drank till midnight. Sergeant Johnathan Hayes was his name and he was an army veteran.He was about 5'10" , strongly built, He was born and brought up in this small town of Athena and left for his military service at the age of 18. Nine years later he returned with a medal of honour and a missing leg. An IED blew up at close range as he was rescuing his injured mates in an ongoing brutal firefight.They were outnumbered but he bravely held the enemy off until the very end. He was in a coma for six
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