Chapter 4 - Lieutenant Colonel Marcus Hale Details Beckett’s Federal Security Violations
The two handcuffed suspects were pushed against the hallway wall as local police backup flooded the emergency ward.
Marcus pulled a secure Department of Defense tablet from his briefcase, tapping the screen to display a classified federal file.
“For six years, Mr. Parker believed he was married to an ordinary, compliant Pentagon bureaucrat,” Marcus explained to Officer Thompson.
“In reality, Colonel Evelyn Carter has directed high-level tactical intelligence operations across three different continents.”
Beckett stared at Marcus in utter bewilderment, his mouth opening and closing without producing any coherent sound.
“By forging psychiatric evaluations and attempting to seize her defense company shares, you violated federal national security statutes,” Marcus continued.
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“The penalty for tampering with a senior intelligence officer during active deployment is up to twenty years in federal prison.”
Mary began weeping loudly, realizing that her clever domestic conspiracy had just triggered an unstoppable federal avalanche.
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