Like Father

By Christopher Watson

Jack Allred Jr. spent most of his life detesting his absentee father — a selfish man who put his military career before his family.

He left home to live with some thrill-seeking buddies. From parkour to motorcycle racing, Jack became an adrenaline junkie.

A rare F35 Lightning jet fighter ride along shows up in the mail, but once on base, can Jack keep from becoming his like his father?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christopher Watson
• Release date: May 30, 2014
• ISBN: 9781625380470

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LIKE FATHER

Copyright © 2014 by Christopher Watson

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Published 2014 by Elsewhere Publishing

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This book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. All rights reserved. This is a work of fiction. All characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission.

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Dedicated to:

family and friends

mentors and minions

Kay McGarvey

LIKE FATHER

A PARENT OF YOURS gave their life defending this country. If need be, I expect nothing less from each of you.

Usually capable of a snappy comeback, Jack Allred Junior’s lips worked small motions as though he’d forgotten how to speak. The other nine non-military gathered were also silent.

The inside of Nellis Air Force Base’s chow hall, where Jack had tasted the worst banana pudding in his youth, smelled of corn bread. Standing at the front of the room, the older man with gray hair matching the silver leaves on the edge of his shoulders and collars used the moment of silence to take a drink from his Styrofoam coffee cup. Besides puckering slightly to sip, Lieutenant Colonel Dixon’s face remained neutral.

Jack knew the olive-green uniform well; his father was also a Marine. Like his father, he knew Dixon’s unemotional expression would have been the same if someone