Chapter 329

“Looking back, I realize now that I really shouldn’t have been that surprised when Mom told me he was about to board the ship. He’s always taking care of me and keeping me safe. I’ve come to accept that he’s amazing, and that he does things no one else can.”

“Gwen, your father suffered a broken arm in the battle. We all know he’s an accountant with no military training, yet he went on this extremely dangerous mission. He was also wounded the time you recovered Steve and Chip Martin in Iraq. Did you ever think your father would be capable of such heroism?”

“Growing up, he was always there for me and my sisters, but we pretty much took him for granted. The evening that he gave Steve ‘The Talk’ as it’s now known, my perspective of him began to change. Then one evening Steve found me and brought me home after an encounter with a less than polite man, Dad actually punched Steve! That really caused me to reevaluate everything I had believed about my father. He saved Lisa durin