The Unconventional (A Short Story)

An unconventional happily ever after short story (8,000 words). Death visited me the first time in the summer of 2002 on a dusty street somewhere in the middle of Afghanistan. But this story isn't about that. It's about the second time he visited me when Death made me choose. My name is Archie Briggs. The date is January 26, 2007. I don’t know it yet, but today is my reckoning day.