Chapter 16 - Visiting the military detention facility to deliver a final warning to a disgraced pilot facing life imprisonment without parole today.
Catherine walked down the sterile concrete corridor of the maximum-security military brig beneath heavy steel security doors.
She stopped before cell block 4B, where Dustin sat alone on a steel cot in a coarse orange inmate jumpsuit.
He looked up, his arrogant demeanor completely shattered by the reality of his impending court-martial and life sentence.
"They stripped my wings, my rank, and my pension... are you satisfied now, General?" Dustin muttered bitterly through the bars.
"You traded your honor for greed and tried to destroy my daughter to hide your crimes," Catherine replied without emotion.
"You think you won, but the system is broken; people like me are just symptoms of a much bigger disease," Dustin warned darkly.
"Then I will spend every remaining day of my service curing that disease until no child ever has to fear a traitor in uniform," Catherine vowed.
She turned on her heel, leaving the disgraced pilot alone in the dark echoes of his own irreversible ruin.
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The steel door slammed shut behind her with a definitive metallic echo that signaled the absolute end of his legacy.
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