Lena brushed food from her sleeve.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first two mysteriously went missing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vaughn laughed nervously.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t know what you\u2019re talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lena tilted her head.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t I?\u201d<\/p>\n
Fifty feet away, Colonel Marcus Hale placed his coffee cup on the counter.<\/p>\n
The moment he saw the document in Lena\u2019s hand, his expression changed.<\/p>\n
He walked straight toward them.<\/p>\n
The entire mess hall became quiet.<\/p>\n
Vaughn noticed him approaching.<\/p>\n
His posture immediately changed.<\/p>\n
Colonel Hale stopped beside the overturned table.<\/p>\n
He looked at the spilled food.<\/p>\n
The soldiers holding phones.<\/p>\n
Then Lena.<\/p>\n
\u201cPrivate Mercer.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, sir.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIs this the situation you advised me might occur?\u201d<\/p>\n
Vaughn whipped his head toward Lena.<\/p>\n
She did not even look at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, sir.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vaughn immediately stepped forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cSir, she set this up. She\u2019s trying to make me look\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSilence, Specialist.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hale never raised his voice.<\/p>\n
He did not need to.<\/p>\n
The colonel turned toward Vaughn.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you the soldier referenced in two previous reports concerning harassment?\u201d<\/p>\n
Vaughn opened his mouth.<\/p>\n
Nothing came out.<\/p>\n
Lena raised the document slightly.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis one won\u2019t disappear, sir.\u201d<\/p>\n
Colonel Hale took it from her.<\/p>\n
He read the first page.<\/p>\n
Then looked directly at Vaughn.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou kicked her table in front of sixty witnesses.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vaughn swallowed.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou damaged government property.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another pause.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou publicly targeted another soldier.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then Hale looked toward the phones around the room.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd apparently you decided to document the entire thing for us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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