“You said the military would keep her overseas longer!”
A deputy immediately looked toward the sheriff.
The sheriff nodded.
Every word was being recorded.
Every single one.
Then came the sentence that changed everything.
My mother shouted:
“We only used her identity because she wasn’t here!”
Silence.
Absolute silence.
Even the reporters stopped moving.
The sheriff slowly closed the folder.
Then looked directly at the house.
“Well.”
His voice was calm.
Dangerously calm.
