Not Your Burden Anymore: Leaving My Captain Behind

Everyone in the military base housing envied me. I was the "slow" girl, yet I was going to be the wife of Captain Liam Hayes.

But they didn't know that when I was eight years old, I took a hit meant for him.

That incident nearly cost me my life, and it permanently froze my mental development at that age.

Knowing he owed me an unpayable debt, Liam promised to marry me.

He promised to treat me well for the rest of his life.

And for a long time, he actually did.

While the other officers' wives were elegant, sophisticated, and perfectly poised, Liam never found me embarrassing.