Brother
She finds him at the Wall because she knows he won't be anywhere else.
The younger son of Harmon Rabb, Sr. had to make an emergency helo landing in Chechnya and is still MIA. She knows what those three letters mean, and she knows what his big brother is about to do.
She asks what his mother would do if she lost her son. He counters by saying that his father wouldn't want him to lose his other son.
She asks what Renee would do if she lost him. He says this has nothing to do with Renee.
I'm resigning my commission. I'm going to go find my brother.
She's seen that look in his eyes before. In a quiet voice, she tells him that she can't go to Russia with him this time.
I'm not asking you to.
She recoils slightly. She had automatically assumed that he would want her to accompany him, a speaker who knows the language, a partner who can take care of herself, and a friend who can rein him in when his emotion takes over.
Maybe she has no right to assume. Maybe that isn't her role in his life anymore.
With nothing left to say, he turns his back on her and walks away into the night. She's still rooted in place next to the Wall.
And what am I supposed to do if I lose you?