My Grandfather Left Me Something They Never Wanted Me to See

seen blood,” he said. “You have no idea what keeps institutions functioning.”

I stood up.

We were close enough now that I could see the red threads in his eyes.

“I know what it looks like when a nineteen-year-old specialist bleeds out because the medevac bird arrived with equipment somebody signed for and never loaded.”

He started to speak.

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