Chapter 4 - Someone Wanted My Mother Silent—But They Made One Mistake by Leaving a Message for MeOperation Nightfall wasn't supposed to be a name I knew.
Yet someone had deliberately written it on my essay.
That meant they wanted Mom to understand something.
They wanted her afraid.
Instead, she became angry.
She contacted military security.
The investigation expanded.
The school was placed under temporary protection.
Then investigators discovered something shocking.
The anonymous email had been sent from inside the school network.
Someone had used a staff computer after midnight.
Only twelve people had access.
Mr. Reynolds was one of them.
So was Principal Carter.
And so was the school counselor.
Suspicion spread quickly.
But Mom didn't accuse anyone.
She waited.
“Why?” I asked.
“Because the person who did this wants us to panic.”
“So we don't?”
“Exactly.”
Then she smiled.
“We let them think we're scared.”
I understood.
We became careful.
Too careful.
At school, I stopped talking about my mother.
Mom changed her routine.
Security monitored our house.
Days passed.
Nothing happened.
Then one afternoon, I found a folded piece of paper inside my locker.
Your mother knows what happened. Ask her about the pilot who never came home.
I ran to Mom.
She read it.
Then she sat down.
“What pilot?”
She stared at the floor.
“His name was Daniel Cross.”
“What happened to him?”
“He died during Operation Nightfall.”
“Was it an accident?”
She didn't answer.
That was enough.
“No.”
She looked at me.
“His aircraft was hit by something that wasn't supposed to be there.”
“Missile?”
“We never proved it.”
“Did someone sabotage the mission?”
“Yes.”
I stared at her.
“Do you know who?”
“No.”
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Then she looked at the note again.
“But someone wants me to believe I do.”
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