My Stepmother Said I Disgraced The Uniform Until A Soldier Stood Up And Told The Truth

would have settled the account, because she was too busy doing the work that made the story true.

I am Megan Callaway.

Sixteen years.

Honorable discharge.

Three crooked fingers and a Silver Star and a wallet that holds the weight of a promise kept to a boy I could not save.

I am still here.

I kept moving.