Kirk

Hope is always the last thing to die in a man.

As a Navy SEAL, I’ve been through hell and back. 

So, when my life was turned upside down by my brother’s disappearance, I didn’t give up hope. 

But, I did give up Sidney. 

Her smile, her lips, her sweet scent, all of it haunted my dreams. And, when it didn’t, she was the only thing keeping me alive while the world exploded around me. 

Some of my comrades have tasted the “exotic” women, but they never pique my curiosity. 

How could they? 

When I’ve tasted the sweetest nectar, straight from the source. 

But, this was long, long ago. 

She’s gone now. 

Or is she? 

Her phantom keeps haunting me, even as I’m stationed in Vietnam. 

This is no place for her and yet here she is, as free as a jungle bird, and just as beautiful. 

It might kill me. I might have to go to the ends of the Earth to convince her to come back.

But, you know what they say… 

Finders keepers. And now that I’ve found her again I won’t make the same mistake twice.