Capítulo 48: Chapter 48

“Not too long after that, it was rumored that Tommy was fucking an enlisted man. His commanding officer investigated and instead of telling the truth, he denied everything and said that the rumors were only partially true. He told him that someone else seduced him. Daddy intervened. Daddy tried to use his influence but the Marines are the Marines and Daddy had no influence. Tommy was discharged. When Tommy told his father the reason he was discharged, his father was frothing at the mouth and vowed revenge because he ran for Congress on a Christian Right agenda.” The timer went off.