“Did he threaten you?”

“Not in a way you could write down.” She sat, finally. “He said the investigation was ongoing. He said there were two versions of what happened in that valley and only one of them let me keep my benefits and my discharge.

He said the families were going to need someone to be angry at.

“He said, ‘You don’t want it to be the plates, Corporal. If it’s the plates, it’s an equipment failure, and equipment failures take four years and nobody’s ever satisfied.

If it’s a call you made, it’s over Tuesday and everybody can grieve.'”

Rachel had stopped writing.