"You'll have time, baby girl. We're going shopping today. The only thing I'm asking is that you take my spare and stick close," he said. "We can deal with the rest on Monday morning."
Sam cracked a smile. "I'll tell you what. You're on my team, you get treated like everyone else and follow the same rules as everyone else. No favoritism and no extra precautions and no bitching, because that's one of the rules on my team."
He turned to Sean. "If I told you, then I would have had to tell you to lie or keep it to yourself, and that wasn't your burden, Sean. That was mine, and no I didn't change tenses. It started a while ago, when I was back home, but I still love him, and I can tell you more, I will tell you more if you want to know, but if you're asking, then be prepared for the truth, because you are an adult now, and unlike what your sister think, babying you is the last thing I want to do. I want you to get ready for whatever comes and that means not babying you. However, there will be rules, and you should assume that someone is watching you and listening to what you say and it's not me. You will have your free time on base, but you always watch everything you say and if we're out, you do what I say, no questions asked. You want to question orders when we get in the car or when we get back, then we can talk until we're blue in the face, but not in the field and not where you can be in danger."