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Chapter Twenty-one

Teague waited until dark to walk over and see Sabrina It took hiht on account that it had been one hell of a day Jack had always et under his skin because the ue for hours

The arguue should stay on North American soil had been ier for Aht be a co back

But all of that was for nothing because the one thing that Jack couldn’t understand was the one thing inside Teague that wouldn’t let him stay behind And maybe it was the soldier in him, the Seal who’d had the backs of the men in his unit Maybe it was the part of him that had seen too much death and destruction Or ene that ht to his own safety

In the end, the reasons for it didn’t ue, he was done

He had to go

He paused at the botto to Sabrina’s house and stared up at the soft light that fell fro and the crickets were out in full force, singing their night song He caught sight of a bat, swooping low across the upper deck, searching for mosquitos, and watched until it disappeared into the trees

Other than the insects, it was quiet and he knew that the kids les would easily have echoed into the night Sabrina was up there alone, waiting for him

And God knows he needed to see her

Teague climbed the stairs and just as he was about to knock, the door opened He found hi about every single night he was gone It would haunt hi to bring him back

Sabrina was in an old sweatshirt that ay too big on her and he was going to assued to her late husband Fluffy pink slippers adorned her feet, and he found hi he could see her multi colored toes

“If it’s too late,” he began but stopped when she lanced around “Kids in bed?”

Sabrina nodded “They were tuckered out Had a late night at Allie’s and then all afternoon on the beach in the sun did the asleep at the dinner table”

She fingered the edge of her sweatshirt “Jack wasn’t very happy when he left”

There it was Now there was no hiding