Chapter 8 - The Man at the Door
Raymond came that night.
The base was heavily secured.
He still got inside.
He had help.
The alarm sounded.
Marcus grabbed my hand.
"Stay behind me."
I shook my head.
"No."
He looked at me.
"I'm still your wife."
"And you're carrying our child."
"And I'm still a colonel."
He smiled.
"Fair enough."
Raymond appeared at the end of the corridor.
"You ruined everything."
I stepped forward.
"You did that yourself."
He raised a weapon.
Marcus moved.
Security officers surrounded him.
Raymond dropped the weapon.
He was arrested.
The entire network collapsed within weeks.
The evidence Marcus had recovered exposed everything.
Raymond was sentenced.
Ward was arrested.
The people who had betrayed Marcus were brought to justice.
And my family finally understood who I was.
Not the fragile widow they had pushed into the garage.
Not the grieving pregnant woman they could control.
I was a soldier.
A wife.
May you like
A mother.
And someone who had survived.
