A Slow Walk to Hell
“I started to go after them when I felt a hand on my arm.Amanda’s big eyes were focused on me. Releasing her grip, she said, “Some of the things I said to get you to talk about Baldwin. They were out of line. If I’d known—”“You were doing your job. You had a right to question what I was hiding.”A tiny, relieved smile. “If it helps, I think you did the right thing. Keeping the general’s secret.”“You’d have made the same decision?” It was important for me to know that she wasn’t just talking.She a...nswered slowly, thinking as she spoke. “Call it my academy upbringing or my Midwest convictions, but I don’t support gays in the military. Never have. That said, I also know I couldn’t turn in a friend.” She grimaced wryly. “I guess that makes me a hypocrite. How can you support a policy and not have courage to enforce it when it affects you personally.”“It’s called being human,” I said.She smiled again and squeezed my hand. I tensed at her touch and she jerked away as if she’d been scalded.MoreLess
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