{"id":468,"date":"2026-09-18T16:07:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T16:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fantatv.com\/series\/the-badge-she-wasn-t-supposed-to-have\/chapter-1-the-soldier-with-the-red-tray\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T16:07:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T16:07:02","slug":"chapter-1-the-soldier-with-the-red-tray","status":"publish","type":"sr_chapter","link":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/?sr_chapter=chapter-1-the-soldier-with-the-red-tray","title":{"rendered":"CHAPTER 1. THE SOLDIER WITH THE RED TRAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sergeant Emily Sheridan was carrying a red lunch tray through the crowded military dining hall when Staff Sergeant Cole stepped into her path.<\/p>\n<p>He looked at her uniform.<\/p>\n<p>Then at the tray.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLost?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emily stopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cole smirked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why are you wandering around like a civilian?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several soldiers nearby laughed.<\/p>\n<p>Emily ignored them and tried to move past.<\/p>\n<p>Cole blocked her again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnswer me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emily looked directly at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m eating lunch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His smile disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>Cole clearly expected her to be intimidated.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Emily calmly adjusted the tray and waited.<\/p>\n<p>That irritated him even more.<\/p>\n<p>Then Cole noticed something beneath the edge of her jacket.<\/p>\n<p>A dark leather case.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed at it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emily looked down.<\/p>\n<p>Then back at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething you probably don\u2019t want to ask about in front of everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cole laughed.<\/p>\n<p>That was his second mistake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sergeant Emily Sheridan was carrying a red lunch tray through the crowded military dining hall when Staff Sergeant Cole stepped into her path. He looked at her uniform. Then at the tray. \u201cLost?\u201d Emily stopped. \u201cNo.\u201d Cole smirked. \u201cThen why are you wandering around like a civilian?\u201d Several soldiers nearby laughed. Emily ignored them and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-468","sr_chapter","type-sr_chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/sr_chapter"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}