by Maya Daniels
Michael closed the folder. “Well, the quantity of possible candidates is not to my satisfaction. However, these qualifications unquestionably meet the minimum, and in fact, exceed them. Should the military allow the interview to occur, I will consider them to have fulfilled the debt. Should she fail the test, Honor will still be satisfied.”
At this statement, Carl was relieved and the tension he was carrying on his shoulders eased. The military could talk about how much ass they kicked all day and all night, and promote honor in commercials. But if they failed in Michael’s request, however unprepared they were, they had no idea what they stood to lose for not honoring their Debt of Honor to the family.
In fact, General Reynolds’ whole base might be considered forfeit. Carl hadn’t been around the last time this had happened, but had heard about Michael’s children taking out “nests” of dishonorable people ranging from hundreds to thousands.
Although this base had probably two, maybe three thousand soldiers and support personnel, this time the patriarch of the family was awake. Carl was concerned that if the General acted dishonorably, thousands would pay the price for his actions.
Carl knew America had suffered from moral turpitude over the last few decades. Being able to close a deal with a handshake was now possible only in small-town America, for the most part—so Carl was a little concerned.
Fortunately, the military was one of the last governmental organizations which prized honor. While there had been serious issues with honor in the last two wars in the Middle East and in actions against prisoners, Carl hoped General Reynolds represented the older generation—a generation that didn’t consider morals to be malleable.
For Michael, the question of a person’s Honor was a binary with no middle ground.
It was why both Carl and Frank had been concerned about waking Michael, and why Frank had been so diligent when he ran through the military’s personnel databases. He had gone so far as to include the quasi-military groups, such as Bethany Anne’s agency, to try to find the best candidates. Frank believed all the candidates had to be perfect both on paper and in person.
While the military argued whether gay people could serve in the trenches, Michael would be opening new opportunities for advancement by the hundreds if this didn’t go right.
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