He Smirked, Called Me “The Family’s IT Girl,”

“Just let it go.”

I always did.

For years…

I let people believe whatever made them comfortable.

They assumed my business trips were conferences.

They assumed my long deployments involved server rooms.

They assumed silence meant insignificance.

None of them had ever asked.

My name is Maya Carter.

I’m thirty-eight years old.

I serve in the United States military.continue reading …