Chapter 3 - The Covert Audit
Evelyn slowly lowered her gold badge, keeping her piercing gaze locked on Rourke's trembling eyes.
"You just ended your own career, Sergeant," Evelyn whispered with calm, unshakeable finality.
The young captain who had been smirking behind Rourke quickly straightened his posture, saluting the Four-Star Admiral with shaking hands.
"Admiral Vance, sir!" the captain stammered. "We were simply enforcing dining protocol for flag officers—"
"Silence, Captain Miller!" Admiral Vance cut him off sharply. "Dr. Reed is here under direct mandate from the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
Three days prior, an anonymous whistle-blower report had flagged a multi-million-dollar supply chain fraud within the Marine Logistics Division commanded by Captain Miller and supervised by Sergeant Rourke.
Evelyn had deliberately arrived in plain civilian-style attire without wearing her inspector rank pins to observe how command staff treated junior personnel and civilians in public areas.
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She hadn't expected Rourke to expose his toxic abuse of power within thirty minutes of her arrival.
👉 What damning documents were stored in the leather folder inside Evelyn's briefcase?
