Chapter Twenty-Seven
Kali bit her bottom lip again as she looked around the bridge. This was her second trip up to it in the past two hours. The silence that greeted her this time told her something was wrong. Something was very, very wrong. She recognized the looks. God, she had given it enough times over the past six years to know what it meant.
I’m sorry, Ed. It happened so fast. Tracy didn’t have time to get out of the way. I’m sorry, Cindy… Craig was a good man. I’m so sorry Elaine… Todd fought hard. How many times had she had to say that to the men and women back home? Dozens? Hundreds? Each one took a little piece out of her soul until she had to force the bile back.
She reached out and grabbed the arm of one of the men working on the bridge as he walked by. She made sure she had
