“Yeah, me too. It’s not what I would have chosen.” He shrugged. “But it is what it is, and I damn well knew the risks when I took the job. I’d seen guys blown to bits right in front of me, and I knew that it could happen to me, anytime, anywhere. Even the easiest, most routine EOD call can go sideways fast and when it does, things go boom. When that happens, chances are good that someone’s going to hurt, maybe even dead. All you can hope for is that it’s the guy in the protective suit who bears the brunt of whatever the hell it is.”“You seem so…” She paused, searching for the right words. “…so accepting of it. Of the loss of your hand.”“I am now,” Luke said. “But it has been three years. I’ve had time.”“But it was bad in the beginning?”“Oh, yeah.” He stared down at his arm, lost in thought. “I struggled, babe, believe me. Even more so when I got stateside, and my fiancée took one look at my stump and took up with one of my friends. Dumped me, called off the wedding, kicked me whil
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