Soldier On Her Doorstep (2011)
“He pressed two fingers to his wrist and counted, trying to slow his breathing and take hold of the situation.
His heart thudded like a jackhammer hitting Tarmac.
If he didn’t have such a strong sense of duty he’d just put the car in gear again.
But he couldn’t.
He checked the address on the crumpled scrap of paper before screwing it into a ball again. He knew it by heart, had committed it to memory the day it was passed to him by a dying friend, but still he carried it with him. After all these months it was time to get rid of the paper and fulfill his promise.
Alex dropped his feet out onto the gravel and reached back into the car for the package. His fingers connected with the soft brown paper bag and curled to grasp it. He felt his heart-rate rise again and cursed ever having promised to come here.
It was everything he had expected and yet it wasn’t.
The smell of fresh air—of trees, grass and all things country—hit him full force. Smells he had craved when he’d been traipsing acros...s remote deserts in war zones.MoreLess
His heart thudded like a jackhammer hitting Tarmac.
If he didn’t have such a strong sense of duty he’d just put the car in gear again.
But he couldn’t.
He checked the address on the crumpled scrap of paper before screwing it into a ball again. He knew it by heart, had committed it to memory the day it was passed to him by a dying friend, but still he carried it with him. After all these months it was time to get rid of the paper and fulfill his promise.
Alex dropped his feet out onto the gravel and reached back into the car for the package. His fingers connected with the soft brown paper bag and curled to grasp it. He felt his heart-rate rise again and cursed ever having promised to come here.
It was everything he had expected and yet it wasn’t.
The smell of fresh air—of trees, grass and all things country—hit him full force. Smells he had craved when he’d been traipsing acros...s remote deserts in war zones.MoreLess
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