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Really drunk to the point that if his father hadn’t found him passed out on the bathroo After he was rushed to the hospital and had his storier than he’d ever seen hied him to school and forced him to take the SAT exam when all he wanted to do was to curl up next to a toilet and die

One month later he’d received his test scores and learned that he scored a pathetic 490, total He could have taken the test over again, but that would haveschool in the spring instead of in the fall with all his friends His pride had taken a hit with that score Unable to handle the en a release so that he could join the Marines, but his father had refused His father didn’t believe in fixing one mistake with another

Pissed that the plans that he’d had for his life were ruined and foolishly bla in school He’d no longer cared about his grades, his fa for thatthe hell away froraduate, he grabbed a duffle bag, filled it with clothes, es account and hitched a ride out of town

A week later with a fake ID in his hand, he walked into a Marine recruitment center and enlisted It had taken the Marines less than a ant ass and strip away every cocky assumption that he’d ever had about himself They tore hirow up and be athe Marines had been the most foolish decision of his life, but it had also turned out to be the best thing for hiet his head out of his ass, he’d worked hard to become the soldier that the Marines wanted him to be They’d also turned him into thelike a spoiled brat He’d worked hard, earning rank after rank until he found hi a Special Forces teaht a bullet a little too close to his spine for the Marine’s liking and one through his right palh tomore than a liability

So after ten years of serving his country, twelve surgeries to save his life and to make sure that he wouldn’t end up in a wheelchair for the rest of it, he’d co to do with him, no education to open doors for him and no hirable skills If it hadn’t been for his faood and fucked

His ether and h the last of the surgeries They’d brought him to physical therapy when he needed a ride and there had always been someone to hold his hand when the pain became toothe transition froed soldier to civilian easier for hirateful

He always had an invitation to dinner, so to help his a hell of a lot more tolerable for hih

Soed for a home of his own and not just an apart He wanted a wife that looked at him the way that Haley and Zoe looked at his cousins He wanted children that ate him out of house and ho out of their way to piss him off

He should be happy that he was alive and had a good job, and he was He just wished that there wasdinner every other night at one of his uncle’s or cousin’s hohbor He needed to get off his ass and start dating again, but he just couldn’t seeh to ask her out

Likea woman to warm his bed Sex was easy, unco a woenuinely liked and wanted to spend time with outside the bedroom was a bit difficult for him He just wished-

"I think we should focus back on Danny and his wife," Trevor announced, co him over

Bastard!

"She’s nothimself to eat another bite of the mushy rice