Chapter 5 - An Emergency Pentagon Audit Begins At Dawn
By 6:00 AM the following morning, three black government suburbans carrying senior Pentagon auditors pulled up to the base administration building.
General Arthur Bradley, a legendary four-star officer with a reputation for absolute integrity, stepped out into the crisp morning air.
He marched straight into the commander’s office, where Marcus sat slumped behind his massive oak desk in a state of absolute exhaustion.
“Stand at attention, Colonel,” General Bradley commanded, his voice booming through the quiet room like a rolling thunderclap.
Marcus scrambled to his feet, trying to straighten his uniform jacket with hands that shook uncontrollably under the general’s fierce gaze.
“General, I can explain the misunderstanding with the Vanguard Defense Trust—!” Marcus started, his voice desperate and thin.
“You don't explain anything to me, Marcus,” General Bradley cut in sharply, slamming a three-hundred-page audit dossier onto the desk.
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“Vanguard Trust provides seventy percent of the tactical logistics funding for this entire eastern theater,” the general explained coldly.
“And you treated the sole heiress of that trust like a disposable inconvenience to impress a social climber,” Bradley added with disgust.
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