The Barracks Girl Came Home – Then Her Family Saw The News

call Dad.

I called my mother.

She picked up on the first ring. “Marina! We saw the news. Your father, he—”

“Mom,” I cut her off, my voice flatter than I intended. “Tell me about Ben.”

Silence.

Then, a long, shaky sigh. “Oh, Marina.”

“Aruba was a lie, wasn’t it?”

“It was Emily’s lie,” she said, her voice small. “She didn’t want you to know the truth.”

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