Forever
By Kindle Alexander
Forever
Copyright © Kindle Alexander, 2020
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Edited by Jae Ashley
Edited by Pam Ebeler
www.jaeashley.com
Cover art by Reese Dante
http://www.reesedante.com
Cover content is for illustrative purposes only. Any person depicted in the content is a model.
ISBN Print: 978-1-941450-32-1
ISBN ebook: 978-1-941450-31-4
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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Wayne's World
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Grand Theft Auto
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Amazon Alexa
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QuickBooks
Star Wars Solo
J.Crew
The National Culinary Review
Barney’s
Dedication
Kindle, you’re forever in our hearts.
Perry, you’re missed every day.
Daddy, you’re the best father a daughter could have.
Janett Gomez.
Note from Author
Creative license was taken with this story. It’s a work of fiction.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
A Special Thanks
We’d like to give a special thank you to the brilliant and talented, Author Kris Michaels. In crafting our stories, we go to great lengths to research the lives of our characters. Landon’s specific military career as outlined in Always became a complication. Although we took a few liberties, Kris Michaels, who retired from the United States Air Force, spent weeks, maybe months with us to ensure Landon’s character was as Air Force authentic as possible. We appreciate her time so much, and Landon loves her. He was worried we’d get it wrong.
About Kris Michaels
USA Today and Amazon Bestselling Author, Kris Michaels is the alter ego of a happily married wife and mother. She writes romance, usually with characters from military and law enforcement backgrounds.
Kris was born and raised in South Dakota. She graduated many years ago from a high school class consisting of 13 students (yes that is thirteen, eleven girls and two boys...lucky boys). She joined the military, met her husband, and traveled the world. Today she lives on the Gulf Coast and writes full time.
Kris is an avid people watcher and dreamer. The stories she writes are crafted around the hopes and dreams of a true romantic. She believes love is essential, people are beautiful, and everyone deserves a happy ending.
When she isn't writing Kris enjoys a full life revolving around family, friends, laughing, whiskey, and cold red wine. (Yes cold...don't judge.)
Find more about Kris Michaels here.
Chapter 1
July 2014—Landstuhl, Germany
“Damn, Doc! You’re a machine. You’ve gotta be exhausted.”
Robert Adams glanced from reading the chart in his hand to the tall blond nurse who had come to a stop beside him. He’d met the guy weeks ago and had seen him around the hospital dozens of times since. Robert winced internally. If he hadn’t become such a self-absorbed ass and been the better person he was raised to be, he’d have made it a point to remember the man’s name. This was just another reminder of how he hadn’t even tried to fit in socially with the hospital staff.
If he’d learned anything from the past eight or so months, self-beratement didn’t help adjust his rotten attitude. Robert had given up on any hope of absolution and had let this funky, fucked-up mood consume his entire life.
Yet another thing his fathers would have been disappointed in
