Fire And Forget
“The after-work rush still echoed in the half-empty streets but the city almost looked peaceful in the faded light of this in-between hour. You could stand still without feigning purpose.
When I saw Cole, he just laughed. We had a long embrace, squeezing and clapping each other hard on the back. I was still thinking about the last time I’d seen him when it hit me that he was here, in front of me now.
“What time’s Jimmy getting in?” he asked.
“We’ve got a while,” I said.
After the Army released u...s, we rushed to find those we hoped had been waiting. All of us but Cole. He cut the other way, turning back in the airport with a plan he carried through the long hours in Iraq, and went rogue, all over the world.
We had talked since he got back. He was applying to law schools and I asked how the applications were going.
“I might end up here,” he said. “I’ll live with you and Annie. You got a couch, right, and plenty of time to loaf around? We could grow beards and walk around in our DCUs.MoreLess
When I saw Cole, he just laughed. We had a long embrace, squeezing and clapping each other hard on the back. I was still thinking about the last time I’d seen him when it hit me that he was here, in front of me now.
“What time’s Jimmy getting in?” he asked.
“We’ve got a while,” I said.
After the Army released u...s, we rushed to find those we hoped had been waiting. All of us but Cole. He cut the other way, turning back in the airport with a plan he carried through the long hours in Iraq, and went rogue, all over the world.
We had talked since he got back. He was applying to law schools and I asked how the applications were going.
“I might end up here,” he said. “I’ll live with you and Annie. You got a couch, right, and plenty of time to loaf around? We could grow beards and walk around in our DCUs.MoreLess
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