I was deployed 6,000 miles away when my son called. His voice was shaking. “Dad, he broke my arm. He said if I told you, he’d break the other one.” then the man came on. “Your boy’s mine now. Your ex is mine. What are you gonna do from over there, hero?” I didn’t respond. I walked to my CO. He listened. Then he looked at our unit. “Anyone want to take emergency leave?” Every hand went up. We landed 14 hours later. That man
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