Chapter 5 - Marjorie Attempts To Dismiss The Decorated Veteran

Marjorie recovered her voice first, forcing a brittle, nervous laugh that sounded like dry leaves scraping across pavement. “General Vance, surely you must be confused; my daughter has struggled with elaborate fantasies for years now.”
Arthur Vance turned his head slowly, his piercing eyes fixing Marjorie in a stare that made her take an involuntary step backward. “I am never confused about the soldier who pulled me from a burning Stryker while shrapnel tore through her own shoulder, Mrs. Hale.”
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