PART 9
“You have any idea who you’re talking to?”
I wiped coffee from the edge of my cup.
“Marcus Allen Rodriguez. Senior Chief. Attached to a joint special operations training rotation.”
His face went pale in one clean second.
I continued.
“Service record includes commendations, combat deployments, and an impressive ability to make formal complaints disappear before they reach a commander’s desk.”
Around us, forks stopped moving.
“Excuse me?” he said.
“Three informal harassment complaints,” I said. “Two written statements. One contractor irregularity. One deleted security request restored from server backup.”
May you like
I paused.
“That’s just the breakfast version.”
