My Father-in-Law Told Me to Leave the Men’s Talk, But His Marine Son Saw My Army Jacket and Exposed Who I Really Was

exercise his battalion had seen in two years.” He looked at his father. “That man has been doing this for twenty-three years, Dad.”

Gerald listened to all of it.

When Colton finished, Gerald looked at me.

“Sweetheart was a stupid word,” he said.

“It was,” I agreed.

Something at the corner of his mouth moved. “You’re not going to make this easy on me.”

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