Chapter 7 - The Man My Mother Trusted Most Was Secretly Connected to the Attack That Changed Her LifeGeneral Reed denied everything.
He claimed Daniel had been confused.
The file was fabricated.
The photograph was meaningless.
But forensic investigators found otherwise.
The image had been taken on the same day as the mission.
And Reed's location records placed him near the communication center.
Then another witness came forward.
A former technician.
He said Reed had ordered the mission data altered.
Why?
Money.
Reed had been selling military intelligence to a foreign intermediary.
Daniel had discovered it.
He had tried to expose him.
Reed arranged for the mission to fail.
But Rachel survived.
That was the mistake Reed had never corrected.
Mom had spent years believing she had simply been lucky.
Now she realized she had survived because Daniel had sacrificed himself to protect her aircraft.
She cried when she learned the truth.
I held her hand.
“He saved you.”
She nodded.
“And you.”
I looked at her.
“What do you mean?”
“Because if I had died that day, you wouldn't be here.”
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I hugged her.
For once, she let herself cry.
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