Chapter 8 - The Revealing of the Secret
General Vance walked over to the ICU door glass window, looking inside at young Lucas Pike lying connected to the monitors.
"How is my godson doing, Grace?" General Vance asked, his voice softening completely as he looked at the boy.
My heart did a sudden, unexpected flip as the words echoed through my mind.
"Godson?" I asked, looking between the general and the sleeping young soldier in the bed.
"Lucas is my godson," General Vance revealed, wiping a tear from his eye. "His mother was my late sister."
"When she passed away ten years ago, I promised her I would watch over Lucas when he enlisted in the infantry."
General Vance turned back to face Pike, his eyes burning with a terrifying mixture of disgust and utter betrayal.
"Lucas called me two nights ago, Warren," General Vance said quietly, stepping closer to his brother-in-law.
"He told me you had been pressuring him to transfer out of his active combat unit so it wouldn't look bad on your promotional board."
"He told me you cared more about your upcoming promotion to Brigadier General than his desire to serve his country."
"And today, your own pathologically arrogant ego nearly ended his life on an operating table."
Pike opened his mouth to defend himself, but General Vance held up a single, commanding finger, cutting him off instantly.
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"Not another word, Warren," Vance commanded coldly. "You are relieved of your command of this hospital, effective immediately."
"Military Police, confiscate Colonel Pike's sidearm, credentials, and official phone."
