“I signed it fifteen minutes ago.”

“What happens once regional command gets this report?”

“The base auditor will issue a formal inquiry order,” Thomas said.

“If Daniel can’t produce written authorization signed by you, the file goes straight to the legal investigation division.”

He took a blue voucher receipt off the top of his clipboard stack and laid it on the wooden counter by my hand.

“I left you a duplicate of the blue voucher receipt right here on the counter for your file,” Captain Thomas said.