Title: Gifts and Curses: The Epilogue
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Mary married – surprise, surprise – Frank.
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"Hey, Mar?"
"Hm?"
"I've been thinking."
"Burn out a few brain cells?"
"Funny."
"What?"
"What if we got married?"
"Frank, I'd love too."
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"Miss Winchester, you are now officially a Marine's wife."
"I couldn't be prouder."
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Frank worked up the lines of the Corps and became a platoon leader. Mary worked on base as the head of the Spouses Committee.
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"How's everything there?"
"The wives are freaked because of that battle you got in yesterday."
"Really? The guys are pumped."
"That's what I told them."
"And?"
"They cried."
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They had three 'leave children' – George, Eddie, and Frank Jr.
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"George. That's his name."
"Why?"
"Because my recruiter, the one that died, that was his name."
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"Eddie sounds like a good name. I like it."
"Why Eddie? It's not a Corps name."
"It's a Winchester name."
"Eddie it is then."
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"Little Frankie! Please! I've always wanted one!"
"This could be the epidural talking but… okay."
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Frank retired after thirty years serving.
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"Once a Marine, Always a Marine."
"Just not serving overseas, dear."
"That's mean."
"That's reality."
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And Mary took that time to start a bakery.
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"Why a bakery?"
"I like to cook."
"But I'll get fat!"
"Don't eat the food then."
"But it's hard not too!"
"Then you'll be fat."
"But Marines aren't supposed to be fat!"
"Then I guess you're not a Marine."
"Once a Marine, Always a Marine!"
"Just not serving overseas."
"Meanie!"