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resid/ent on `;the) base. He g@a(ve_ my milita+ry d%-ependent slot,([ to th^e gir_/l we sponsored, and (e.`?ven had the lock ^_ on our =home /ch-a*nged [for !her. Heartb@roke+._n, I le-+ ft in@ `^the dead []of night +;\and started over i$n a@ ne +,w- cit,\y. Seven ye^/ars ,. late!+r, at a milit@ary a#rts fe/\ stival, we
cross:ed paths again. He w as full of !
regre@#t, b; =?ut I was alread $y[# stan^#ding next@_ to another man. This $time, I)_ /=didn't loo;k back.