Her Father's Medal, Her Own War

ip to a top university, my ticket out of our small town and a way to honor my parents' memory. My sister, Emily,

l developer, swaggered into Miller's Plate. He and his thugs brutally assaulted Emily

y money. Then, my scholarship was mysteriously rescinded, erasing my future. My home was savagely vandalized, and our beloved cat, Patches, was found dead, a cruel messag

iolence. My sister lay critical in the ICU, our home was a wreck, a

say – Always Faithful. A desperate, impossible hope ignited: if the local system was broken, maybe his military family, General Peterso