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When Captain Emily Ross received the email from her husband, Mark, she was stationed in a dust-choked camp in the middle of Afghanistan.…
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Three slow beats. Conversation at the table stuttered, then fell silent. My mother’s hand hovered midair with the gravy spoon; my father blinked…
The runway shimmered under late heat, the horizon trembling like it was trying not to look away. I eased the throttles forward—half-inch, full—and…