I took my son to visit my husband, the commander, but the guard blocked us at the gate and said, “His girlfriend is inside the unit. No visitors!” I covered my son’s ears, called my second brother, and

immediately.

“Liv?”

Her voice remained steady.

“Cut off all support immediately. No mercy.”

Marcus did not ask for an explanation. In the Langford family, those words carried only one meaning.

“Andrew?” he asked.

“And every account connected to Serena Vale.”

There was a brief silence.

“Done.”

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