I Opened a .mil Email the Night My Family Buried Me Alive

My family’s lie was still moving through phone lines all over Colorado.

And this stranger was asking me if I wanted in.

“Yes, sir,” I said.

His answer came fast. “Then stop sounding surprised and start acting like an officer. Packet goes out in an hour.”

The line clicked dead.

I sat there another minute, phone in my hand.

Then I laughed.

Not because anything continue reading …