Across Generations
Family Drama · fiction

A Seat Without an Explanation

“Take your hand off me.” My brother smiled like I had just delivered the punch line to a joke he had been telling our family for years. “Relax, Maya. Everyone’s looking.” His fingers were still wrapped around my wrist. My name is Captain Maya Bennett. I was twenty-seven years old, an officer in the United States Army, and for most of my adult...

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Genre
Family Drama
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
6
Fiction status
fiction
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My Life Story Editorial

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Across Generations

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  1. 01Chapter 1
  2. 02Chapter 2
  3. 03Chapter 3
  4. 04Chapter 4
  5. 05Chapter 5
  6. 06Chapter 6

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