“Colonel, before you say anything, First Sergeant Hargrave didn’t have anything to do with it. He just let me use his store room.” Billy wasn’t really trying to deflect the lecture he knew was coming. …Would you like to know more?
The words began to blend together in Billy’s mind. One recitation after another of the Lord’s Prayer flowed across his lips. Punctuation began to diminish, then fade altogether as one prayer flowed into another. Nearly …Would you like to know more?
Dodging Colonel Peters meant dodging everyone else on base who had either gold or silver as their collar insignia. Billy didn’t know what all the bars, leaves, and birds meant but he was certain they …Would you like to know more?
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