Chapter 8 - THE PRICE OF SILENCESophia spent the afternoon tracing emergency procurement contracts.
The numbers looked clean.
Too clean.
Multiple contracts had gone to companies connected through holding corporations.
The same addresses appeared.
The same attorneys.
The same approval signatures.
Voss appeared repeatedly.
So did another name.
Colonel James Reed.
Sophia stared at the screen.
James was her oldest ally on the installation.
The man who had exposed her identity in the cafeteria.
The man helping her investigate.
His signature sat beneath three suspicious contracts.
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Sophia closed the file.
For the first time since arriving at Fort Liberty, she did not know whom to trust.
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Chapter 9 - JAMES REED’S CONFESSIONJames did not run when confronted.
Chapter 10 - THE WOMAN VANESSA BECAMEVanessa finally told Sophia everything.
Chapter 11 - THE GENERAL STRIKES BACKBy morning, Sophia had been removed from the evaluation.
Chapter 12 - THE SOLDIERS WHO FINALLY SPOKESomething unexpected happened after Vanessa’s detention.
Chapter 13 - LINDA’S HUSBAND KNEW TOO MUCHLinda’s husband, Thomas Mercer, had spent nineteen years working construction on military installations.
Chapter 14 - THE NIGHT BEFORE THE HEARINGVoss summoned Sophia privately.
