Collateral Damage
“On top of dealing with one hassle after another all day, the parts they’d been waiting on for more than a week for a high priority job had finally arrived—missing half of what she’d ordered. The repair was already ten days past the expected completion date; now it would be at least ten days more before they could finish up.
Add in that she’d been scrambling to shunt soldiers over to Smithers’s crew since Ipman was out of action with his busted hand and on a short mandatory leave while his legal... situation was being looked into. Andrews had called in sick, and with all that going on, little wonder it felt like her head was in imminent danger of exploding.
On the plus side, at least she’d been saved from dealing with any more drama from either of her two troubled soldiers today. Liam had called and texted again as he had every day since arriving back, but she hadn’t answered.
As always the traffic was heavy on the I-5 as she headed north away from base. With the A/C blowing across her face she rubbed a hand over the back of her neck and rolled her head from side to side in an effort to ease the tension in her neck and shoulder muscles.MoreLess
Add in that she’d been scrambling to shunt soldiers over to Smithers’s crew since Ipman was out of action with his busted hand and on a short mandatory leave while his legal... situation was being looked into. Andrews had called in sick, and with all that going on, little wonder it felt like her head was in imminent danger of exploding.
On the plus side, at least she’d been saved from dealing with any more drama from either of her two troubled soldiers today. Liam had called and texted again as he had every day since arriving back, but she hadn’t answered.
As always the traffic was heavy on the I-5 as she headed north away from base. With the A/C blowing across her face she rubbed a hand over the back of her neck and rolled her head from side to side in an effort to ease the tension in her neck and shoulder muscles.MoreLess
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