Chapter 6 - Mayor And Coach Reynolds Realize Their Massive Mistake
Mayor Henderson stood up slowly from his seat, his political instincts screaming in sheer panic.
“General Sterling, sir, there has been a terrible misunderstanding among us tonight,” the mayor babbled frantically.
“We didn't know Colonel Parker was serving our country at such an elite strategic level.”
“Oh, you knew she was serving, Mayor Henderson, but you chose to ignore her service for local clout,” Sterling retorted.
Coach Reynolds lowered his head, realizing that his cozy arrangement with William Parker was about to collapse.
The townspeople who had chuckled at my expense moments ago now refused to meet my eyes.
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Power in Lancaster, Ohio, had always been measured by real estate holdings and local political favors.
Tonight, they realized that true power answered to a flag much larger than any county courthouse.
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