PART 2

David could hardly believe his eyes.

“Ethan?”

His old friend smiled.

Older.

Gray-haired.

But unmistakably Ethan.

The two men embraced.

For several minutes neither spoke.

Then David noticed something strange.

Dozens of people were standing outside.

Lawyers.

Executives.

Reporters.

Cameramen.

“What is all this?” David asked.

Ethan smiled.

“Can I come in?”

Inside the small house, Ethan looked around.

The leaking roof.

The worn furniture.

The unpaid bills sitting on the table.

His smile disappeared.

For twenty years, Ethan had searched for David.

The man who saved his life.

The man who sacrificed everything.

Eventually Ethan explained.

After leaving the military, he started a small business.

That business became a corporation.

That corporation became a billion-dollar empire.

And throughout all those years, he never forgot the soldier who took a bullet for him.

Then Ethan placed a folder on the table.

David opened it.

His hands immediately started shaking.

Because the documents inside would change his life forever.

(PART 3?)