When Vera Xavier returned to her dorm room, she was surprised to find Susan Caldwell there. After leaving the teahouse today, she hadn't gone straight back to school. Instead, she'd gone home for a bit to see if Nathaniel Nathan had returned.
As it turned out, Nathaniel Nathan wasn't home when she got there. She felt a little disappointed and gave him a call, but he wasn't at the military base either. According to the operator, he had been sent out on a last-minute mission.
She instantly understood the real reason he hadn't come to see her these past few nights.
With her military training these past few days, it wouldn't have been easy for Nathaniel Nathan to visit. And since the mission was assigned at the last minute, he couldn't have notified her. She knew situations like this would probably be the norm for them from now on.
He was a soldier, one who defended his country. She couldn't selfishly keep him from his missions.
