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"Justin? How'd ya find me?" Lucy shouted excitedly, it wasn't her father, thank goodness, but it also wasn't Kevin, sadly.

"Quite easily. But that is beyond the point." Justin told his sister, a smile at first but when he spoke of the beyond the point, his face turned serious.

"What is the point?" Lucy asked the happiness on her face soon disappearing when she saw her brother's serious face. She opened the door and motioned for him to come and sit on the couch.

"I'm leaving."

"Where?"

"I've been recruited to the army, I'll be stationed in Iraq, I'm leaving tomorrow at 4."

"Just like that?"

"I've known for a month now, just haven't talked to you."

"Justin, not you, please not you. First Kevin gets taken out of my life and now you! Tell me this is a bad dream, or a joke or something."

"I wish it were, Luce, I wish It was."

"Don't they know you have a baby daughter?"

"Yes Luce, but it doesn't matter."

"No! It does matter you can't just up and leave your new wife and baby daughter."

"I have to go, I love you." And with that he left closing the door behind him.

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"Alright Ms. Camden are you sure you want to do this?"

"Yes."

"Okay you will be leaving in 2 months and you will be stationed in Iraq."

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"Hello Kevin?" After an hour of searching she finally found what she hoped was her ex-fiancé's phone number.

"Yes this is Kevin Kinkirk. Who may I ask is calling?" She heard his voice on the other line.

"Kev, its Lucy. I am giving you custody of our daughter, Allyson Juliet Kinkirk." It melted her heart when she said that.

"Why Lucy? Why?" Kevin asked.

"Because, I am joining the Troops in Iraq."

"No Lucy you are not joining the military and I am not taking our daughter."

"Kevin Kinkirk you will not I repeat not boss me around."

"Okay I am sorry I'll take her, under one condition."

"What is that?"

"When you come back. If you come back, you and I will get back together."

"Okay, look I've got to go." She gave Kevin her address and they said their solemn good-bye's, Kevin was coming to get his daughter in 2 days.

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How was it? Lucy and Justin in the army?Did that shake you up a bit finding out that it was neither her father nor Kevin?