Chapter 7 - The Forged Order Did More Than Remove Names
Cassidy finally obtained two versions of the same document.
Version one:
Her detachment assigned to Red Hollow.
Version two:
Her detachment removed twelve hours before departure.
The second carried Conrad Whitmore’s digital authorization block.
But that was not the only alteration.
A paragraph concerning contractor cargo oversight had disappeared too.
That changed everything.
If Cassidy’s team was officially attached, the mission required a specific post-incident review because military personnel had escorted sensitive contractor property.
Remove Cassidy’s detachment retroactively—
and the operation became easier to characterize as a contractor movement that military personnel only encountered incidentally.
The investigation became narrower.
Questions about who authorized the truck faded.
The dead remained dead.
The injured remained injured.
But responsibility became blurry.
May you like
And blurred responsibility is often exactly what a cover-up needs.
---
Related Stories
