Every Last Mother's Child

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by William J. Carty, Jr


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  When Lisa showed Mike the request he was stunned as he commented, “You know this is their first parade?”

  “No! I had no idea,” Lisa fully surprised, “Shouldn’t this honor go to the Qqueen?”

  “It should,” Mike said, “But it’s been decades since a military academy has had its first pass in review. The Trena Military Academy had their first pass in review three centuries ago.”

  That brought Lisa up short, then she asked, “But why all of this. The academy was just a device to keep these kids out of our hair. It wasn’t designed to be a full -fledged academy.”

  “Things have a way of moving on their own.” Mike replied. Joyce who was nearby chimed in, “they always do.”

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