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Sweetheart,
I wish you could have seen Jupiter on the stand! Recording devices are prohibited, and if I was with you, I would happily reenact it, but you’ll have to settle for reading my description.
Picture it, a stuffy military courtroom, me looking fucking handsome as hell in my uniform, my attorney Rhys Lukens dressed similarly but less handsome. Gundy sitting opposite Lukens and I, looking like something you’d squeeze out after days of constipation. His face was all smarmy and smug and it took quite a bit of willpower not to punch him in the face. I’ve enclosed a picture so you can see how punchable his face truly is.
The judge comes in and we go through rising and oathing and sitting and all that bullshit. Gundy lays out the bogus charges, all fake sympathy for my mental state after everyone abandoned me and how I became a rogue threat to democracy…I know, bullshit. He called two of his lackeys to corroborate, but Lukens tripped them up fast and their testimony ended up more in my favor than Gundy intended.
Then…Mars is called to the stand. He grunts and growls and I’m not ashamed to say my asshole puckers once or twice and I’m pretty sure I saw the judge shift a few inches up from clenching his own cheeks in fear. You know what your brother is like. Lukens called Apollo, Vulcan, Liber, Portunus, but NOT Orcus and Opis because those two should never be allowed to speak to other people. Now that I think about it, when they get out and join us in Morgantown, I see them becoming fast friends with Dru…God save us all.
Anyway…after they all spoke positively to my character, they spoke against Gundy. He tried to throw a hissy fit, but the judge shut him down quickly.
A hush falls over the courtroom. Anticipation builds. Blood rushes to cocks and erections spring up…that might have just been me, but I cannot be sure. Lukens calls Jupiter to the stand and Gundy starts yelling about how his testimony should be inadmissible because we have a personal relationship of dubious nature. What the fuck does that mean? The judge points out that Mars and the others also share a personal relationship with me and Gundy cries about how everyone’s testimony should be thrown out. The judge threatens to throw Gundy out, so he sits down and sulks.
Jupiter struts to the witness stand, somehow more imposing than Mars despite being a couple of inches shorter and a lot less murderous. Lukens asks one question and from there Jupiter expounds on my service record, his personal feelings about me, the trust he has in me…THEN he says all casual, “And that’s why after his honorable discharge from the United States Army, he will be instated as the Vice President of the Golem Guerillas Motorcycle Club, where he will continue to defend the citizens of this great nation, preserve its security and maintain peace through the brotherhood born of his exemplary service to this institution. He is not simply a soldier, your honor, he is the living embodiment of integrity. A boy raised by men and women willing to sacrifice for the sake of others is a man I am proud to serve beside.”
VICE PRESIDENT! Emotions rained from my eyes at a steady pace. Vice President? Why would they vote me in as VP? Before I could even begin to dissect my feelings on the matter, Jupiter continued.
“A sentiment I do not share in regard to 1 st Lieutenant Christian Gunderson. As stated in the paperwork filed by Rhys Lukens prior to this hearing, Gunderson has a history of negligence, gross abuse of power, misconduct, hazing…” Gundy tried objecting, but the judge silenced him with a glare. “Those higher up the command chain allowed him to continue his military career unchecked and he has fostered an environment of distrust, animosity, retaliation, and forced silence.”
You could have heard sperm fertilizing an egg, it was that quiet when Jupiter finished. Jack Nicholson ain’t got nothing on Anthony Jupiter Castillo! It was fucking beautiful, Marlena. And it reaffirmed my conviction that following Jupiter, Mars…Morgantown, the Golems, are my home. And you, my sweet girl, you are my future.
After Jupiter made Gundy his bitch, the judge dropped a little truth of his own. Gundy’s reputation precedes him. Based on the evidence, affidavits, and service records, the judge had Gundy arrested on multiple charges, including falsifying government records, perjury, hazing, and more.
I might have cum a little when he was handcuffed.
I waited to write because I wanted to have concrete information to give you. I will complete TAP and honorably separate from the army by September 7. Due to Gundy’s interference, the COs are working to expedite the process.
A few more weeks, baby, and I’ll be able to hold you, kiss you, love you in person. And I’ll be home before the Sanderson sisters give birth. Gotta be there to protect you from all the evil that will spew from their vaginas.
Well, now I’ve made myself sick. Awesome.
I love you more than Aunt Pris loves all-you-can-eat-buffets,
El