A Double Life Exposed

what felt like an eternity, a stern-faced Master Sergeant appeared

me. We need to dis

ice. Leo sat close to me, his sm

s uniform crisp, his face a mask of confused concern that

e are you doing here? And

was low,

her wife, Mark," I said, my own

split second, I saw panic in his eyes b

not well. You

"Staff Sergeant Johnson, Mrs. Miller h

standing. My wife... my ex-wife," he corrected himself quickly, "has b

mooth, so

laims you're still married to her, and also marrie

idow of a fallen firefighter. I've been helpin

tal. "We'll need to see documenta

bring Jessica and her son, Ethan. The Guard wanted this mess sorted out,

is own car, and I followed in my rattling truck with

p in his shiny pickup, Jessica in the pa

in my past life – demure, pretty in a fragile way, dressed in clothes that spo

swaggered out of the truck, a smirk on his face, alrea

than sneered, loud enough f

without any real force.

As you can see, she' s been through a lot. I married her because she needed h

ound like he

. "I was going to tell you. I

er you denied your own son an education? After you

orced. He said you were unstable." She looked at me with wide, pitying eyes

anwhile, was already kicking at a loose st

. "Sarah, let's go inside. We can talk abou

d for a scene, Mark. You made this a scen

making a mistake, Sarah. Y

his ability to crush me. But the image of Leo,

back down. N