Salute To The General

When Garrett heard that, he waved his hand to gesture for his wife to leave the room.

Paisley informed, "The kitchen staff is making soup. You all talk first. I'll see if the soup is ready."

Penny stood up and joined her. "I'll go with you!"

Soon, the two women left, leaving only Nathan and Garrett in the room.

Garrett spoke. "I know about what happened to Zion. Erwin came to me and reported to me regarding the matter in private yesterday, and I agreed to put my signature on the warrant. I gave my permission for the Integrity Department's Special Investigation Unit to take Zion in for investigation."

Nathan furrowed his eyebrows. "Why? Has Zion really gotten himself involved in a severe financial issue?"

He felt that was the most reasonable explanation.

Otherwise, there was no reason for Garrett to lock up the cabinet secretary. It would make for negative headlines about the government, after all.

with Zion. After all, there's no smoke without fire. If Zion has no problem at all, there's no way Erwin would've gotten dirt on him and managed to convince me to issue

the situation hasn't even been

after the investigation is concluded," Garrett

at him with a smirk. "I recall Zion is your teacher's comrade. Did

that. Instead, Nathan said, "Zion has been an honest man for decades. And now, he's even the cabinet secretary. I think this matter should be dealt with fairly. If he really did commit the crime, then he shall be punished. If it is a minor issue, then he should be given light punishment. And if it's a serious issue,

are a decent man, Nathan. I was right about you on that front. However, you're the Chief Military Governor. You shouldn't poke your nose into matters other than military ones. Don't worry. There will be a conclusion to this issue." Nathan wanted

he was asking

I hope you'll recover soon." After that, Nathan

departed from the White House with Penny,

bowl of soup

and asked, "Did you have an argument with Nathan? He seemed to have something troubling him when I saw him leaving earlier." Garrett smiled weakly. "I didn't tell him everything, so now he's

had worked for the government too. It was only after marrying Garrett that she quit

spending years at her husband's side, she would sometimes have a clearer picture of the situation in the

fed the soup to