“Sir, is this what I think it is?” #zombie #book2

The Colonel stands back up, Jayce follows.  Stan walks back around the desk and the two men shake hands.  Jayce salutes the Colonel in respect as Stan excuses him.  On his way out, Jayce bids Tracy farewell.  Stan and Tracy watch as Jayce disappears down the long corridor.

“Sir, is this what I think it is?” Tracy asks.

“Yes, it is, Sergeant.”

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 Jayce returns to the front doors where he salutes the Military Police at the security checkpoint.  Shielding his eyes from the bright sun with his hand, he walks down the stairs and across the parking lot to where his vehicle is parked.  As he pulls away in his jeep, he reaches for his phone sitting on the passenger seat.  He begins to scroll through his contacts and anxiously presses send.

He hears his mother voice as she answers his call.  Inquisitively, he asks her where his father is.  She responds by telling him that he is sitting next to her.  Expecting his parents to be ecstatic with his news, he requests that she put him on speaker phone so that he can speak to them both.  Jayce takes a deep breath before announcing that he would be moving back home to Fredrick, Maryland.  He continues by explaining that he feels that it is time.  The other end of the phone goes silent.  Stunned, yet excited, his mother asks him why.  Again Jayce reiterates that, “it just feels right.”  His father then asks if he will be getting his own place or if he would be moving back into their home.