My Father Called Me A Zero In Front Of Officers Until The Colonel Asked For My Call Sign

had said, the laugh large and carrying, designed to establish the radius of his social gravity.

The officers nearest him laughed along. They always did. It was not that he was funny. It was that he was a three-star general and their careers existed within his orbital range.

I looked at my hands. They were steady. They had to be.

I had learned a long time continue reading …