Chapter 5 - The Report That Ended Everything
Seven years earlier, Captain Naomi Reyes served as an Army logistics
officer.
Her job involved movement records, equipment, and contractor
documentation.
During deployment, she discovered discrepancies in shipments handled by
a private defense contractor.
Medical supplies listed as delivered never arrived.
Vehicle parts were billed twice.
Serial numbers appeared on equipment that did not exist.
Naomi reported it.
An investigation began.
Then a convoy under her administrative responsibility was attacked.
Two soldiers died.
Naomi survived.
Within weeks, records appeared suggesting she had approved a route
change that exposed the convoy.
She denied it.
The digital approval carried her credentials.
The inquiry did not establish that she deliberately caused the attack.
But her career collapsed beneath suspicion, classified disputes, and
administrative findings.
Naomi eventually left the Army.
Whitaker had always believed the case was incomplete.
Adrian asked:
“Who was the contractor?”
Naomi stared at him.
May you like
“Sterling Strategic Logistics.”
His family company.
