CHAPTER 19

  One week later.

  "Hey, take a look: who's showing up today?" Maxwell yelled as William appeared from behind the door.

  "Oh, Will, I can't believe my tent-mate will soon be in charge of us." The punch line of Miles' joke picks up where Maxwell left off.

  "Miles, you're not supposed to be calling him that! From now on, we should call him captain. Is that right, Captain Williams?" argued Maxwell.

  William's last two friends are Maxwell and Miles. They were five at first. There were Andrew and Thomas in their group of friends. Andrew and Thomas, on the other hand, died while on duty. Max, Miles, and William grew extremely close after that. Because they were close, they didn't think twice about what to say.

  For example, right now. They were actually making fun of William. Because they know this best friend has been given a promotion and is now the commander of the US military's ground forces.

  "You're too much." said William with a chuckle.