Chapter 36: ONE MORE MISSION, Part 2

Ashleigh's mouth dropped open. A mission; with guns and fighting and terrorists…and of course she couldn't stop her mind from recalling all the news around Bin Laden's capture and death. Would Christopher be involved in something like that?

His hand squeezed hers. She looked at him, her eyes troubled. "Christopher…"

"Sweetheart, I've been putting in for a change of duty. I asked to be removed from the task force. But this came up before my commander could get it to go through. But this will be the last mission I'll need to go on. Just one more, honey, okay?"

She gripped his hand. "How long?"

"Two months."

A harsh breath left her. She watched his eyes. "What are you going to be doing?" She had brought up his missions before but could tell that he didn't like talking about it with her. It was still kind of vague to her.

"We're not going to know that until we get briefed."

She didn't speak for a moment and then she swallowed. "Will you be going to places like Afghanistan or Iraq