The Midnight Recording: How a Pentagon Signal Officer Used His Wife's Own Voice to Cover Up a $185,000 Treason Scheme
👉 Previous Action: You continued from Chapter 10 or Chapter 11, acquiring incriminating evidence against Arthur.
The sun was high by 11:30 AM. Evelyn and Clara had returned to Clara’s Bethesda apartment, the damning ledgers and forged orders spread across the table. They knew Arthur would soon discover his bank box accessed, or Higgins missing.
The phone rang, jangling their nerves. Clara snatched it up. Her face went pale as she listened.
“Evelyn,” Clara whispered, her eyes wide, “Arthur just issued an emergency Department of Defense arrest warrant for you.”
Evelyn felt a cold dread. “What for?”
“The official charge is stealing classified counter-intelligence documents,” Clara said, her voice tight. “He’s claiming you’re a Soviet intelligence spy, under severe psychological distortion.”
The irony was a bitter taste in Evelyn’s mouth. He was turning her own staged breakdown against her.
Outside, the distant wail of sirens began to grow. Military police cruisers were deploying across D.C. Clara’s newsroom, where she often took classified calls, was likely a target. Roadblocks were being set up. They were coming for her.
➡️ Read CHAPTER 13 to continue the story.
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