“Ari, I knew him. We were friends, best fucking friends. We met years back on my first deployment. We were on different teams, but we worked closely together. We did that a lot, actually. We’ve been friends for years. Yet…I never knew about you. Of course, no details were ever spoken about you. Paul was very private about his family life. All I knew was he had a younger sister and a mom waiting for him at home.”
