It was about to change. The doorbell rang; Rebecca opened it to find a US Army notification team. They had come to tell her the love of her life, Jason Turner had been killed in Kandahar the day before. Rebecca did not shed a tear as the senior member of the notification team gave her the details. She stood there with a blank stare on her face; she was neither seeing nor hearing anything. Emily Walker, the wife of Jason’s commanding officer, Major Robert Walker, stayed behind. She had been part of the team since her husband had assumed command of Jason’s company at Fort Bliss. She recognized the symptoms exhibited by Rebecca as one of non-acceptance and shock. There had obviously been some kind of mistake. Jason would call; he would come home when his unit rotated back. Emily Walker sat with the zombie-like Rebecca for the better part of the day. She fixed a lunch, nibbled at but not eaten by Rebecca. She talked with her, told her of all the support mechanisms available to survivors. Eventually she left, and told Rebecca she would see her the next morning.
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