The second officer, who introduced himself as Captain Reynolds, added, “What mattered wasn’t just that you carried him. It’s that when it became truly difficult, you made a choice. You stayed.”
He paused, letting that sink in.
Sally wiped her eyes, and so did I.
“When I heard everything,” she said, “it reminded me so much of Mark. The way he never let Sam feel left out. The way he showed up for him, no matter how hard things got.”
She explained that she had contacted Mark’s former colleagues because she knew what Leo had done mattered—not just to Sam, but to her as well.
Reynolds stepped forward.
“We talked about what Leo did last night, and we agreed on something. We wanted to recognize what you did for our late general’s son.”
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