EPILOGUE- IN THE PLACE WE BOTH LOVE“Are you ready, Sergeant?”
“Yes sir, Colonel. Whenever you are.” I grinned over at William.
It was my second mission and this time, William and I were together, the way it should be. The way it always was and will be.
“Are you all going to stare at each other all day or can we go home?” grumbled Cameron, one of the specialists.
“We’re going,” William said, smiling. He’d been doing that a lot lately. And it still took my breath away when he did. “First things first.”
I flipped switches, preparing to take us back to earth. “On your mark, Colonel.” I looked up and saw that William had turned his seat to face me and the other crew members were grouped around. “What’s going on, guys?”
William reached for my hand. “I wanted to - I needed to find a way t
