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.

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 an arrest warrant on

severity of the situation hasn't even been determined yet. If it turns out to be a small problem, wouldn't that be making a

after the investigation

recall Zion is your teacher's comrade. Did he ask you to sound me

to that, nor did he deny 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, then he deserves severe punishment. However, I don't think it's right to make his matter seem worse than it is, especially when it'll negatively affect the public's perception of our

shouldn't poke your nose into matters other than military ones. Don't worry. There will be a conclusion to this issue." Nathan wanted to say something more, but then Garrett coughed twice and said he wasn't feeling

he was asking Nathan to

"Rest well, President Woods. I hope you'll recover soon." After

then departed from the White House

bowl of

"Did you have an argument with Nathan? He seemed to have something troubling him when I saw him leaving earlier." Garrett

scholars. When she was younger she had worked for the government too. It was only after marrying

and after spending years at her husband's side, she would

sat and fed the soup to