01/17/2026
🥁 The soldier walked toward his house, suitcase still in hand, when he suddenly stopped. His wife was outside… and ten soldiers surrounded her as if waiting for him. What happened next changed everything...//...The air conditioning in the beat-up sedan was fighting a losing battle against the oppressive Georgia humidity, but Staff Sergeant Michael Torres did not care. He sat in the back seat, his fingers drumming a nervous rhythm on his duffel bag, his eyes glued to the passing scenery of Columbus. Every familiar storefront and street sign ramped up the pounding in his chest. After eighteen months of sand, heat, and video calls that froze every few seconds, he was finally ten minutes away from the only person who mattered.
"You sure you don't want me to honk when we pull up?" asked the driver, a chatty local named Ray who had spent the last twenty minutes discussing the Braves' pitching lineup. "Make a big entrance?"
Ray slammed on the brakes, the tires chirping on the asphalt. Michael stared out the window, his blood running cold. Standing on his front lawn, stark against the green grass, were ten figures. They were not friends. They were not neighbors. They were soldiers. And they were not in fatigues; they were in full Dress Blues, the formal uniform that signaled the highest level of official military business.
Michael felt for the door handle, his hand trembling. He was sitting right here. He was alive. He was breathing. So who were they burying?...
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