The Twisted Truth
My Sergeant’s wife wasn’t yet a U.S. citizen. She got into some hot water for selling drinks to a kid undercover cop while we were deployed. My Sergeant and our team had to deal with the mess, trying to stop her from being deported back to Mexico due to her charges and overstayed work visa.
Though after a tough fight, they won. She was allowed to stay and become a citizen. Fast forward two months, we find out her ‘brother’ is actually her boyfriend, and the Sergeant’s daughter has been calling her real dad, “uncle.”
Turns out, her family knew all along that the girl’s real dad was the boyfriend, who was also in the country illegally. They stayed quiet so that the girl would be claimed by my Sergeant, establishing her U.S. citizenship and helping the wife towards the same. Essentially, they used a Marine to achieve their own citizenship goals.
I’m not saying they schemed all this from the start, but they certainly didn’t resist the chance when it came. In my eyes, they’re all pretty low for this. I hope the little girl never finds out the twisted truth. As for my Sergeant, he’s still in denial about the whole thing, believing his wife merely cheated.
He forgave her and they’re still together eight years on.