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Keeping Secrets
When you are in the Marines, everything comes to you as a surprise. You never know what your next move is going to be. What are you going to do and where are you going to be. I guess, in a way, it is true that being in the Marines and even the Military prepares you for everything.
I am a man that is all up for surprises. There are those that are welcomed, and then there are those that you just wish never happened. The question is, what kind of surprise has your old platoon leader brought to your door.
I quickly rush into my clothes before Isabella, and I walk to the lounge. I swear that I still smell of sex, but that is the least of my worries now.
As I enter the lounge, Dobbs gets off his chair from where he is sitting across from my father. If he fucking salutes me, then I am punching him straight in the face but thank the pope, he only shakes my hand.
"Good to see you again, Jackson."
"Dobbs, it is a surprise to see you here."
In the Mari
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