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It was a long time coming.
“I will say,” he offered, “I never thought that the little guy would get the girl.”
From where he stood, Zayn opened his mouth.
“DON’T,” Jagger said. “I will punch you in the face. Try me. I’m the AVERAGE sized man. I can’t help that you are the aberration.”
Zayn laughed, trying to alleviate the stress. He knew that Jagger was super protective of his wife, and that was the one thing that would stir him up.
Their past.
“We’re all good, Lewis,” she said. “I’m even better than that. You have no guilt to carry in this. I made the choice to save us all. I’d do it again and again. There was no choice but that one. It bought us time. My rape…it kept you, Harvey, Jagger, and myself alive. I’ve come to grips with it, and Jagger got to kill that particular demon.”
He was glad.
“Good for him. We all have demons, and I’m glad Jagger handled it.”
Maura got up and crossed to the man. She hugged him again because he was family and they had been through a lot together. She trusted him because Lewis had been a good Marine.
He’d been exemplary.
Because he needed to, he hugged her back.
“I’m still sorry,” he said. “If I could go back and fix it, I would. Harvey and I still hate what happened that day, and if we could give you that piece of our souls to replace what was taken from you, we would.”
She took his face in her hands.
“Marine, we are good. I did what I had to do. They were going to kill Jagger. He was next, and then, they were coming for you and Harvey. It was a no-brainer. I valued the men who served under me over what they did to me. They couldn’t take my power. In their own way, they made me. They made me into this person, and I find justice.”
He stared into her eyes.
“When you see Harv, tell him that. He’s out there trying to make amends. It broke him too.”
She smiled.
“I hope I see him one day and I can tell him the same thing. I am not angry or upset. I’m peaceful. I have the life I wanted. I married Jagger, and we have two kids with one on the way.”
He shook his head and laughed.
“Really? He can reach your vagina?” he asked, pouring on the humor to cover the sadness of their failed mission where she was violated.
Zayn laughed.
And laughed.
And laughed.
“God. I’ve wondered the same shit. Does he need a stepstool, or does he have to make a leap…?” Zayn asked and then took a powdered donut to the face.
“You’re funny, Princess.”
Zayn thought so.
“Jagger does just fine, you chucklefucks, now stop busting my husband’s ass. Or I’m going to kick yours.”
That did what was intended.
“Again, Major…”
