“Stop staring at me Dave. With my state right now, I don’t need your questions.”

I wiped the tears from my cheeks and looked out of the moving car.

My mind is going back to Mav’s unit and to the scenes after that. How I wish I could erase the pain in his eyes but as far as I want to do it, my responsibility stops me.

I think Maverick’s angry face will be planted in my head. Gone is the warmth in his eyes as he looked at me. Suddenly, the care and the passion I always read in his eyes since we were on the island are lost....