The Betrayal at West Point

was Molly Johns, a waitress in a dusty Texas town, saving up for co

to the most prestigious military academy in the country. It was his dream,

the car

is leg was shattered in three places. The doctors said he' d be lucky to walk

the academy arri

itness test. If he couldn't report, he'd forfeit the scholarship. The full

in medical bills from the accident, and the thought

thick in the air. My father was staring out the window, his should

words tumbling out of my mo

urned to l

ime. "We look alike. My hair's short. I can do the p

y, don't be ridiculous. It's im

. "Committing fraud or letting Matthew lose everything he's worked f

st stared at me, his eyes wide with a mixture

barber come to the house and shear off my long hair,

, daily ritual. I practiced walking like him, talking like him

haircut that was just a little too perfect, I was t

diately started talking about girls and football. Brian was more

ged to pull it off.

my firs