Adoring My Stepfather – Dillion Carter

They were Messerschmitt 109s, and it was understandable that they should attack on the last stretch of road, for even with extra tanks of gasoline they still could not safely cover the distance from where they took off to where they expected to meet the convoys. If he reached his own, the lack of his pistol would be the least of his problems, and if he met the Germans, what could he do against a patrol of well-armed soldiers? Teary-eyed, he buried the jerry can, covered it well with sand and set off for his people. -Robert whispered to himself and considered the best strategy to get him closer to the Benghazi airfield. Everywhere he looked below him, dunes and dunes and dunes, high enough to prevent a safe landing. He would have to save some more to last him the rest of the way, but if it still wasn’t real what did it matter. It’s the thing I want most in this world.”

“Okay, I’ll do it for you,” Melina said more like a whisper and heard the water clinking in the canister. How did you sleep?”

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