Military Homecomings
Adventure · fiction

The Photograph After the Salute

The first thing I saw was my brother’s smile collapse. One second, Grant Whitaker had his arm around our father like he was posing for a campaign poster, grinning in front of half of Seabrook Point. The next second, Captain Rafael Morales stepped forward beside me, squared his shoulders, and called across the marina in a voice that cut through...

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Genre
Adventure
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
6
Fiction status
fiction
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Military Homecomings

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  1. 01Chapter 1
  2. 02Chapter 2
  3. 03Chapter 3
  4. 04Chapter 4
  5. 05Chapter 5
  6. 06Chapter 6

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