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.

said, “who helped you?”

She said nothing.

“Who prepared the documents?”

Still nothing.

“Who told Ryan to come to this base with forged credentials?”

A soft click sounded on the line.

She had hung up.

A minute later, Alvarez returned.

“Call was routed through a civilian number registered to a prepaid device,” he said. “Security is preserving the log.”

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