Price to Pay

The first sign of just how weird Cam Mitchell's life was going to be came just after he graduated from the Air Force Academy. He was riding high on life, and with good reason: he had graduated first in his class, had been commissioned as a second lieutenant, and most importantly he was now about to start flight school. There had been a suitably large party for him and the others graduating for their various schools and even after a month cards and letters were still trickling in from...
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The first sign of just how weird Cam Mitchell's life was going to be came just after he graduated from the Air Force Academy. He was riding high on life, and with good reason: he had graduated first in his class, had been commissioned as a second lieutenant, and most importantly he was now about to start flight school. There had been a suitably large party for him and the others graduating for their various schools and even after a month cards and letters were still trickling in from around the country.One envelope in particular came from home, with Momma's handwriting on the outside. Inside he found a second envelope, this one stiff and faded with age with just his name and a date on the outside. It only took him a moment to realize it probably from the dead drop, a filing cabinet full of letters and other items that Momma kept where people could leave messages for their kids or grandchildren or whoever else, just in case they weren't there to say it themselves for whatever reason. Cam had already gotten some, one from his granddad and a whole stack that his daddy had written over the years and had sheepishly handed over when he'd turned eighteen. Inside this particular envelope, he found a letter.