Chapter 2 - The Federal Suspect
I stared at the forged signature on the document with complete icy composure.
Arthur pointed a shaking finger at me and began shouting to the entire neighborhood.
He triumphantly declared that I was a criminal who had tried to steal his parents' legacy.
Victoria immediately began crying and begged the police to arrest me right there on the lawn.
The military officers standing behind me did not move a single muscle.
I calmly asked the state detective to let my military legal counsel examine the application.
A stern army lawyer stepped forward and took the document from the detective.
Brooke suddenly stopped crying and looked at Arthur with sheer, undeniable panic in her eyes.
She whispered to him that this was not part of their original plan.
I realized right then that Arthur had orchestrated the loan behind Brooke's back.
He had used her fake hero status as a distraction while he secretly drained the home's equity.
My lawyer pulled a digital scanner from his tactical briefcase and ran it over the paper.
Within seconds, the federal database returned a terrifyingly detailed match.
The digital footprint of the signature did not originate from a civilian computer.
The lawyer looked up at me with a deeply troubled expression on his face.
He announced that the IP address used to finalize the fraudulent loan was highly classified.
The transfer had been authorized from a secure terminal inside the Pentagon.
Arthur smiled wickedly and pulled a sleek black phone from his pocket.
He pressed a single button, and my military legal counsel's radio immediately began screeching with a high-priority alert.
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The army lawyer listened to his earpiece before turning to me with an apologetic look.
He stated that the Department of Defense had just issued an emergency warrant for my arrest regarding federal treason.
