Chapter 219

This time, her trip back to Halewick was mainly to win that showdown with Victor Carlton in the entertainment biz. The outcome? She nailed it. Victor's been caught up in one mess after another ever since. By the time she got back, the training had already ramped up. Luckily, her return didn't stir up much buzz-it looked like Quinn Steele had already taken care of everything on her behalf. Xander Brooks had only taken a two-day leave, so he beat her back to the base and had already been training for a few days. Just a day into getting back into the grind, Quinn's mom, Phoebe Rogers, who ran the base hospital, invited Vanessa over to their place. It was her first meal with Derek Steele's family-Leander Steele's uncle's household. No surprise she was a bit anxious. Derek Steele held a top commander role in the military, but what impressed Vanessa more was that his son didn't ride on his dad's coattails. He started at the bottom and worked his way up to Second Lieutenant through hard work