My Broken Soldier (Love Conquers Life Book 2) Read Online Free

night after you left. He and Derek only stayed for a little longer because he was too upset to stay. He said something about seeing your mother laughing at him. I have a feeling she’s up to no good.”
    “She called me today too. She said Ben was worried about me, and then he texted me.”
    “Has Carter called?”
    “Yes, but I didn’t answer, and he texted me earlier too. I told him I wasn’t ready to talk yet, but I would hear him out soon.”
    “I think you should, baby girl.”
    “I’ll think about it, but listen, I’m really tired since I didn’t sleep last night, so I’m going to go get into some pajamas and try to get some sleep tonight.”
    “Okay. Goodnight, baby girl. I love you.”
    “I love you too, Daddy.”
    I slip into bed, sip my wine, and open my Facebook app. I don’t see too much going on there, so I decide to do a Google search of my name. The first thing that the search engine lists breaks me all over again because it’s the pictures of Carter and I entering the event last night. There’s one of us looking lovingly into one another’s eyes, and the other is of us kissing. A lone tear escapes me, so I quickly close the window, down the rest of my wine, and lay down. I decide I’ll call Carter tomorrow so we can try to talk as I drift off into another night of restless sleep.

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 3
     
     
    Carter
     
    Fuck! I have a pounding fucking headache and my alarm is going off for work. Fuck this, I’m calling out sick. I haven’t slept in two days and I’m completely fucking exhausted. I pick up my cell, dial Derek’s office line, and leave him a message.
    “Hey, man, it’s me. Listen, I have a killer migraine so I won’t be in today. See you tomorrow.”
    I hang up as I climb out of bed to get some aspirin. When I walk into the bathroom, I see all of Patty’s stuff and it pisses me off. I can’t believe she won’t fucking talk to me. She won’t even hear me out. I get the two aspirin and trudge off to the kitchen for a bottle of water. When I open the fridge, I spot the beer and go for that instead of water. I down half the bottle with the two pills and then go back to bed.
     
    I’m sweating and I don’t really know why. I take my shirt and wipe the sweat away. When I do, I see I have dirt all over me as well. Suddenly I hear gun fire, and I turn to see my guys are lined up behind me. Focus, Carter, I tell myself. I have to get us out of here alive. I give the guys the signal to follow me, and they do as they’re told. Our mission is another rescue mission, but we need to be careful because we aren’t sure how many guys are guarding our prisoner.
    My sniper up on the hill takes out two targets. It’s perfect timing because we need to move positions and that’s exactly what my sniper allows us to do. We all run forward to take cover behind this piece of shit stone wall. Colin peeks around the corner and gives us the okay to run, so we do.
    We all take off into the positions we discussed in the planning stage of this mission. Colin and I head straight for the building, but when we get inside we find we are outnumbered four to two. We both quickly take out a man, leaving us two on two. I jump behind a wall and he takes cover somewhere else in the room.
    I’m listening as I hear my target approaching me. He knows where I am, but I can’t see him. As soon as he rounds the corner I take the butt of my rifle and slam it into his face, and then I turn and shoot him in the heart. I hear screaming down the hall, so I take off in that direction. I hear arguing, and suddenly I’m frozen in place because I know the voice.
    She screams again, and this time, I charge the room to rescue her. When I get there, I find Ben holding a knife to my girl’s throat. I’ll be damned if he is going to take her from me.
    “Stay back or I slice her,” he says as he presses it to her throat. I can see a small trickle of blood dripping down the knife.
    “Calm