I went back to the car thinking about what would I tell Hazel and Holly that night, when they asked for their daddy, to read them a tale like he did every night. We had always the same routine. We both gave them their dinner, then I bathed them and it was Roger who put them to bed and read them something before they went to sleep. And now, they would have their lives changed in so many ways. Sure, it was a big and unfair change for all of us, but I was specially worried about how would they deal with it. Mainly, it was Holly who worried me the most, she was really closer to Roger. Maybe because since they were born, we had divided between us their cares, and Hazel was "mine" and Holly "his", so as to say.
Roger's POV
Seven hours of flight. That was the time I had in front of me to start getting used to my new situation and to start knowing the dudes that would have my life in their hands, and who would put theirs in mine. Most of them were really young, I was maybe one of the older ones, and was only 25. I thought some of them could barely be 18, and they were likely sent to their death. I had been assigned to the fourh company, second platoon fifth section, and our base would be near the Mekong river. Once we landed, we would go by road till there, and it would be four more hours. We were told as well we will have to be vaccinated to prevent tropical diseases, the military doctor would do it during the flight.