Anything and Everything: Absolution
Epilogue
11:10 PM
Central Yemen Desert
Everything that had led to her straddling the man, kissing him firmly with, no pants on was a mystery, even to her. Rose knew that she had to end it, she loved Jake. She really did. She was just blinded by pretty much everything of the environment around her. The heat, the exhaustion, and the things she had to do with the people at that camp. It was all too much and with that revelation, Rose pushed herself off of Terry and went straight for her discarded pants, "I shouldn't have done that, this was a mistake."
"I know," Terry panted. He was lying back in the sand, panting, "Let's pretend that this never happened. I won't say anything if you won't Rose."
Looking down, she slipped her legs into the legs of her pants and buttoned them quickly. She hated being exposed like that. Shivering slightly, she pushed her hair out of her forehead and blew out a sigh, "That sounds good, I love my husband and I would never cheat on him, even with someone-…"
"Someone like me," Terry smiled cockily, "That means a lot from you."
Rose shrugged, "Look at you, I mean I don't feel bad for the woman you want to be with for the rest of your life. But Terry, this, you and me, can never happen. Jake is the father of my kids, I've been in love with him since I was fourteen years old. Despite that fact, you are not bad on the eyes."
Smiling apologetically, Terry sat on the other side of the campfire and just looked at her, "You're not to bad yourself, gorgeous body, legs that make such an ass out of themselves. Blonde hair, blue eyes, you have it all."
Blushing, Rose crossed her legs and proceeded to tie her hair back, "Tell me something I don't know honey. Sorry, I hadn't met you all those years ago…"
The next morning, they managed to sneak of out Yemen without being noticed at all. Overall, it was a good trip home, Rose had been able to shower for the first time in days and she was feeling refreshed. When the Military Plane landed in Germany, Rose and Terry were transferred onto a jet. If Jake and her family stuck to her schedule, they would be at Andrews Air Force Base when they landed in twenty minutes. Rose, thought that she couldn't be more nervous. Not from seeing her family again, but for what happened. She nearly had sex with Terry, she kissed him and …it was bad.
She could lie to them, she could lie her ass off, but with this, she'd have to do it for the rest of her life. Jake could never know about it or hell would be unleashed. On the jet, she decided to herself that it was indeed a secret that she would take to her grave. If Terry never told, or focused on it, she wouldn't. If things were different, then Terry might have never made it back.
Her marriage and her family were to be protected at all costs.
Even from her own mistakes.
Authors Note: This is sickeningly short, but there wasn't much to explain and it's short, sweet and to the point. Now you know the story of Terry and Rose.