{"id":469,"date":"2026-09-18T16:07:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T16:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fantatv.com\/series\/the-badge-she-wasn-t-supposed-to-have\/chapter-2-the-badge\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T16:07:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T16:07:16","slug":"chapter-2-the-badge","status":"publish","type":"sr_chapter","link":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/?sr_chapter=chapter-2-the-badge","title":{"rendered":"CHAPTER 2. THE BADGE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cole reached toward the leather case.<\/p>\n<p>Emily immediately moved it away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t touch that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His expression hardened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emily opened the case herself.<\/p>\n<p>Inside was an official federal badge and identification card.<\/p>\n<p>Cole stopped smiling.<\/p>\n<p>Several soldiers leaned closer.<\/p>\n<p>Emily held it where he could see.<\/p>\n<p>Special Agent Emily Sheridan.<\/p>\n<p>Federal investigative assignment.<\/p>\n<p>Cole stared at the badge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re an investigator?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emily closed the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTemporarily attached to this installation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cole looked around the room.<\/p>\n<p>The soldiers who had been laughing were suddenly silent.<\/p>\n<p>Then he looked back at Emily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat are you investigating?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She picked up her tray.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat depends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emily looked directly at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn how many people keep giving me reasons to ask questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cole\u2019s face changed.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, he seemed worried.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cole reached toward the leather case. Emily immediately moved it away. \u201cDon\u2019t touch that.\u201d His expression hardened. \u201cWhy?\u201d Emily opened the case herself. Inside was an official federal badge and identification card. Cole stopped smiling. Several soldiers leaned closer. Emily held it where he could see. Special Agent Emily Sheridan. Federal investigative assignment. Cole stared [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-469","sr_chapter","type-sr_chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/469","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=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}