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At twenty four, Sisene Segler is a single mother. She realizes true love may not be found during her lifetime. Sisene begins the struggle of transforming her life on her own terms. After graduating from nursing school she joins the Army where she meets Enrique Carerras, Mr. Right. The only problem is that Mr. Right is still a teenager.
A month after reporting to her first duty station at Fort Hood Texas, Sisene leaves on a humanitarian mission to Somalia with a “Rapid Deployment” unit. Soon she is promoted to Sergeant and quickly realizes that even without any formal training, she will have to master the leadership skills necessary for survival.
When she returns to Fort Hood, Enrique has since celebrated his twentieth birthday. Sisene tries to terminate their relationship, however, the deadly virus she returns from Somalia with may end their love and their future together before she does.
CHAPTER ONE
It was time to move on. The pressure to escape was building. It was becoming more difficult to hide my feelings with each passing day. I looked down at my week-old infant sleeping peacefully beside me. He smiled sweetly as he slept. His breathing was getting faster and more shallow as his expression changed to a frown. I brushed his cheek softly then sang a lulling cradlesong to comfort him while he napped.
The day I went into labor I had been arguing with his father, Greenie, about his surprise trip to Mexico that he had decided to tell me about the day before the ble |
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