My Father Told Me to Pretend We’d Never Met at the White House—Then General Vance Announced I Oversaw His Defense Contract Review

“This is the date.”

“March ninth.”

“Yes.”

“What happened?”

“I submitted the request for expedited consideration.”

He pushed it toward me.

“Signed by me.”

Daniel compared it with the routing record.

I asked:

“Genuine?”

“Yes.”

Arthur spread his hands.

“There.”

As if a real signature solved everything.

Daniel kept reading.

“The signature is genuine.”

Arthur looked at me.

“You heard him.”