Jack could see Freddy had already arrived at the squadron as he pulled into his marked space. Lt. Col. Jason “Jackknife” Diggs had been recently put on the pavement, and the white paint could clearly be seen by all. “Well, being a commander isn’t all bad,” he thought.

Freddy walked out the front door and down the steps. “Man, I’m so sorry about Janet telling Debra about our orders. I just assumed you had told her.”

“Oh, that’s okay. It’ll blow over. It’s just hard for all of us right now,” said Jack. They turned to walk up the steps, knowing that the plans they were about to start would rock a lot of worlds, and not in a good way. “I brought the coffee. Did you get the donuts?”

“Sure did,” said Freddy. “Hey, I wanted to talk to you about that new kid, Tidwell.”

“You mean that cocky little son-of-a-bitch who took off alone with my Kate?”

Laughing, Freddy slapped Jack on the shoulder and said, “Yeah, Jack. That one. Hey listen. I was at Osan while he was at Kunsan. I never heard a bad word about the kid. In fact, he got Top Gun Dive Bomb for three months in a row. He’s a damn good stick, Jack.”

“Good to know. I still don’t want him anywhere near my daughter. And I’m serious here, Freddy.”

“You can’t keep her 17 forever, Jack. She’ll be 18 by the time we get back and then you’ll have to deal with this thing rationally if they still want to pursue a relationship.”

“Not while she’s still living under my roof, I don’t. She’ll still be in High School. Well, she should be, if we redeploy when they say we’re supposed to. But I don’t want to start talking like that now and jinx it.”

“I know what you mean. Let’s get started. We’ve got a lot to do before we spring this on the guys tomorrow.”

“No shit,” said Jack.

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