Chapter 9 - The Truth Behind The Quiet Uniform
The sealed folder stayed closed.
That was intentional.
Some truths arrived slowly.
Not because they were weak.
Because they were powerful.
The officer and I walked through the corridor.
“You handled yourself well.”
I looked at him.
“I almost didn’t.”
He nodded.
That was the honest answer.
Discipline wasn’t the absence of emotion.
It was control over it.
Then he said:
“Reed was chosen for a reason.”
I stopped.
“Chosen?”
The officer looked at me.
“Yes.”
My expression changed.
Someone had planned this.
The humiliation.
The confrontation.
The test.
The realization made my stomach tighten.
“Who?”
The officer didn’t answer.
Because he didn’t know.
Or because he wasn’t allowed to.
Then my phone received a message.
Unknown sender.
One sentence.
“Chief Reed was never the target.”
I looked at the screen.
Then back at the officer.
The real question was obvious.
If Reed wasn’t the target…
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Who was?
📖 Chapter 10 reveals who the real target was and why Elena’s identity became dangerous again. 👇
