For five y ears o$f marria  g!%e,  `I /@%gave up my _c _aree\=r an]!d/ left eve=rything !;(]]behind to follow my bri+g+%adier gene_ra]l husband—only to *_end up l:-iving as =an illegal  reside,nt on the base%_]. H.e gav,e my milit\ar -y d,#ependent slot to the girl we sponsored,$. and even had the lock on our home c.:hanged! fo#@r, he/+r.)/ -He$`artbrok/_^:en
, I ? left i@/n the dead of night and started over in a new cit[-y. Seve `?n years later%, at a m\^il^[itary ar)ts festival,%@ we%@ cr@#;osse@[]d pa @th?
s +$_again. `He
?) was full o?
@?f regret$`, but ^#:I w as alr-..eady `)stan,ding ne\ xt to a= nother[+\
m*an:
;. T*his t\ime, I didn'%;t look:
back.