Chapter 2 - The Stunned Silence
Charles’s aggressive pointing finger dropped to his side as the blood drained entirely from his face. The entire grand hall fell into an eerie, suffocating silence.
Evelyn’s brother, Daniel, stepped back in total shock, his hands trembling in his suit pockets as the elite guests whispered in astonishment.
"General Davis..." Evelyn said softly, standing at attention despite her exhaustion. "Is the emergency air evacuation complete?"
"Because of your sacrifice and elite piloting, Captain, all forty-two survivors were pulled from the mountain crash site safely," General Davis declared, snapping a sharp, respectful salute to the woman Charles had just called an embarrassment.
Charles stammered, looking between the four-star general and his bloodied daughter. "General... you must be mistaken. Evelyn is just a disgraced former commercial pilot who lost her license years ago!"
General Davis slowly turned his cold, commanding gaze toward Charles, his eyes narrowing in sheer disdain.
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"Disgraced?" General Davis asked in a stern tone. "Mr. Mercer, your daughter is a top-secret Search and Rescue Commander operating directly under Joint Task Force Command."
👉 What dark lie had Charles used ten years ago to strip Evelyn of her family inheritance?
