My mother-in-law shaved my head while I slept on the very night the United States Army promoted me into one of the most important commands of my career.

issues. Crimes.”

“You’re using big words because you’re scared.”

“No. I’m using accurate ones because you should be.”

She laughed then, low and bitter.

“You don’t even know his real name.”

I looked at the sealed court record.

“Neither does he, apparently.”

The silence that followed told me I had finally struck bone.

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