I know I had fun, lol, writing it.ConnieJo Growing UpWe had lived with my grandmother until she died and then we moved into a midwestern town of about...50,000 people and my mom rented an old 2 story house in a rundown neighborhood. We were pretty poor and everyone else was too. It was just me and my mom and little brother. There were lots of kids living all around us which was new for me because we had lived waay out of town on an old farm and I never had anybody to play with. Which meant I. I didn’t know what her plans were for the end of the summer. I didn’t much care.Plenty of her friends weren’t planning to go to college and they knew that I was available. I’d have my pick of any or all of them.I’d not heard from anyone in months, save for a package of legal shit that Brad had sent me. He said in a note that it was left over insurance paperwork from my father’s death. I figured that it was more money for me, so I signed it and mailed it back without giving it a second thought.I. “Shush” I hissed back to her.“Kirsty, id like you to meet Claire and Stacey, they just moved in next door a couple of days ago” I said.“Oh….hi” Kirsty said, getting up to shake their hands, “I take it you are sisters, you look alike” she continued as they all sat down.“So are you two related or something” Stacey said, pretending she didn’t know about Kirsty. “Oh no” Kirsty replied “I’m his girlfriend”“Lucky you” Claire said “she’s my girlfriend” pointing to StaceyOh shit I thought to myself. "There were a few men in the barracks below waiting for us. The sergeant from earlier and a couple of older soldiers, these looked to be the type that were used to giving orders and doing what needed to be done."Who is the senior officer here?" I asked.One of the men that had a face that someone had played tic-tac-toe on, more than once, stepped forward. "My Lord, you killed our commander and his second. I am the senior sergeant here." Will you have a problem assuming command of this post?" I.