Cole sealed and reissued under a dependent spouse number within thirty days.

At the bottom, in blue-black ink, Lieutenant B.

Harmon.

The H looped like a piece of wire.

I had seen that H on forty pre-signed slips in the quartermaster drawer.

“General.” I turned the page flat.

“I know what it says.” She took her glasses off and held them.

“I’ve known for four years.”