The Night I Became a Colonel, My Mother-in-Law Cut My Hair While I Slept—By Morning, I Was Done Obeying Them
Minimized disrespect.
Kept the marriage looking functional because admitting otherwise felt like failure.
Now I stood in front of officers telling them not to beautify bad data.
That night, I wrote the sentence in a notebook.
Never protect an image at the expense of the truth.
It became a rule for more than command.
PART 10 — JULIAN HIRES A LAWYER
Julian eventually retained counsel.
His attorney’s first letter was almost polite.