THE UNBELIEVABLE
Photo by Specna Arms on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/@specna_arms_4s No matter how hard I tried to avoid them, I was always attracted to military men, and I ended up marrying Jim, a high-ranking officer. The day I lost him; I felt like the whole world was over for me. I hadn’t even enjoyed my marriage for so long; I was only 4 months pregnant for him when he left. It was devastating. My mind went back to how it all started; since my childhood, I just had this attraction towards uniformed individuals; maybe because of the films I watched, or that I suddenly became strangely obsessed with them. My institution of study happened to be close to an army barracks and on one of such busy days, while I was going back to my lodge from the school, I met him. He was sitting under a stout tree with another uniformed man; their guns lying on the ground close to their feet. The duo kept discussing in raised voices. I overheard and understood what they were saying, perfectly. It was...