Denial
by jackwabbit

“You gotta prepare yourself for the possibility that she might not be coming back.”

The hell I do.

I don’t even have to think about that.  I’m going to pretend you didn’t say that.  If you so much as hint at it again, I will kill you outright.

I won’t accept Carter is gone.  I will never stop looking.  So help me God.  If that means I have to retire again, and look for her full time for the rest of my life, fine.  I won’t fail again.  I won’t let someone that I…love…down again.  So shut the hell up, Maybourne, and help me.  Help me or get the hell out of my way.

The End