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- Authors: Bella Rivers
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Ethan
“Ethan? Holy fuck, man!” The voice jolts me, and I nearly spill gas on
the bike’s tank. It was bound to happen. I just didn’t think I’d be
recognized as soon as I rolled into Emerald Creek.
I’m technically not even there yet. I stopped for gas on the side of the
road when the village was in sight. I need a minute to gather myself.
I hang the dispenser back and turn to face whoever it is calling my name.
Long, assured steps. A big smile on someone’s face that used to sport a
frown.
“Colton, man.” I extend my hand, but he grabs me in a bear hug and slaps
my back.
“Fuck! It’s been what? Five, six years?”
“Ten.”
He pauses, starts to say something, then stops.
I was here, five, six years ago. Not gonna forget that. I just spent the short
time drunk so it would go by faster.
But now is different.
I’m different.
“What brings you back?” He glances at my bike. “Visiting your old
digs?”
“It’s Ma’s birthday.”
“Oh nice. I didn’t know. When is it?”
“Sunday.”
“I didn’t know,” he repeats himself. “Ten years, wow.”
“I see ’em now and then,” I say, feeling the need to justify myself. To
explain that I’m not a complete piece of shit who walked out on his family
and never saw them again.
“Yeah-yeah-yeah. Craig—uh, your dad—he likes to brag. ’Bout where
they went to visit you.” He lets out a short, kind laugh. “What was it…uh…
Greece? Turkey? Germany?”
Yup, ten years in the Air Force, you get to see some pretty awesome
places. Some not so great, too, or less exotic.
I see my siblings, too, but less often. I always find myself on a mission on
Christmas and Thanksgiving, and I never complain about it. I’ve been
known to volunteer a lot.
But I need to put an end to that.
The reasons I ran away? They’re making less and less sense to me now,
and that’s why I’m able to come back.
I blamed myself for the accident that badly injured my brother and took
his passenger’s life. I wasn’t driving, I wasn’t at the scene, but at the time I
thought, for sure, if I’d done something different that night, said something
different, it wouldn’t have happened.
Now that I’ve seen combat and operations, I can tell you: shit goes wrong
all the time, and there’s fuck nothing you can do about it, even with the best
planning, even when you anticipate all that shit. There’s more shit coming
at you. And there’s nothing else you can do than do your best.
So, running scared from a little town in Vermont because you think you
messed up? Not worth it. We only have one life to live.
Hey, even the girl who broke my heart is gone. Married, lives in Texas.
There’s no chance I’ll run into her. Hell, running into her brother first thing
is the closest I’ll get to a past that’s way behind me now.
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