They Called Me A Nobody—Until Someone Said “Welcome Back, General”

either—that would have been beneath his dignity. It was simply the way you look at a man who is speaking out of turn, who doesn’t understand the room he’s in.

“My apologies, sir,” Barrett said with perfect military politeness, the kind that’s more cutting than any insult. “I assumed this was common knowledge in the family.”

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