Pulls Apart

Lane DeGregory: ORLANDO — In the dark doorway of the airport hangar, he held her. It was warm inside, with all the other soldiers and their families. But she couldn't stop shivering.

"Don't cry," he said, pulling her close against his camouflage jacket. "It'll be okay. We've done this before."

She didn't nod. Wouldn't look up at him. Just squeezed his waist more tightly.


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