He’d deliberately not discussed his decision in his letters to her.
Better to have it out face-to-face, when he saw her again. He hoped she would still have him … but Matthew Magruder knew now that he was a Navy aviator, that he had a place here … and that it was important.
His orders had already come through. He was being reassigned to Washington. And after that … well, there would be a chance at a CAG slot, maybe even aboard the Jefferson when Commander Marusko moved on to his own command. It was a bright future, a good future, and one that he was willing to fight for.
United Airlines seemed far less attractive now, now that he knew that he’d made a difference, he and Batman and Coyote and the other members of VF-95.
Tombstone hoped that she would understand.
He belonged.