{"id":472,"date":"2026-09-18T16:07:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T16:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fantatv.com\/series\/the-badge-she-wasn-t-supposed-to-have\/chapter-5-the-officers-walked-in\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T16:07:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T16:07:53","slug":"chapter-5-the-officers-walked-in","status":"publish","type":"sr_chapter","link":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/?sr_chapter=chapter-5-the-officers-walked-in","title":{"rendered":"CHAPTER 5. THE OFFICERS WALKED IN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The doors to the dining hall opened.<\/p>\n<p>Two senior officers entered with military investigators.<\/p>\n<p>Cole immediately turned.<\/p>\n<p>Emily remained seated.<\/p>\n<p>One of the investigators walked directly toward them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStaff Sergeant Cole?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cole stood stiffly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need you to come with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked at Emily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou set this up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She shook her head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emily closed the folder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour paperwork did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cole looked around.<\/p>\n<p>The same soldiers who had laughed at Emily earlier were now watching him.<\/p>\n<p>One investigator collected his phone.<\/p>\n<p>Another secured his access card.<\/p>\n<p>Cole\u2019s confidence disappeared completely.<\/p>\n<p>Before leaving, he looked at Emily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could have told me who you were.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emily answered quietly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could have treated me with respect without needing to know.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The doors to the dining hall opened. Two senior officers entered with military investigators. Cole immediately turned. Emily remained seated. One of the investigators walked directly toward them. \u201cStaff Sergeant Cole?\u201d Cole stood stiffly. \u201cYes.\u201d \u201cWe need you to come with us.\u201d He looked at Emily. \u201cYou set this up.\u201d She shook her head. \u201cNo.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-472","sr_chapter","type-sr_chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/472","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=472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}