Once at college, Brett quickly fell into the party scene. Partying became more important than school, and he spent long, four-day weekends drinking heavily. Known as a happy-go-lucky guy, Brett got along with everyone and was always smiling.
He started to sleep around with girls he barely knew. If a girl got too close to him, he ran. Brett wasn’t interested in dating or making any commitments -- sex was his primary motive.
He slept with two girls while in medic training for the National Guard. Two or three weeks after the encounter with the second girl, she called to say she was pregnant! Brett panicked. After some comparative thinking, he came up with a list of reasons why she shouldn’t have the baby. He sure didn’t want to marry her and wasn’t interested in dating her either. Since he’d be leaving soon for Iraq, he wouldn’t be able to see the baby being born. Besides, ...