balance appeared.
Wrong.
Not slightly off.
Wrong.
Hazardous-duty pay gone.
Deployment bonuses gone.
Not pending.
Not delayed.
Gone.
“Okay,” I muttered.
No panic.
Assessment.
I opened the transaction history.
Multiple transfers.
Clean.
Structured.
Whoever had done this knew when I was deployed, when communication was unreliable, and when I had almost no oversight.
I opened the first large withdrawal.
Domestic wire.
Then another.
Then another.
Different amounts.
Same pattern.
I pulled out a notebook and recorded dates, transaction numbers, and amounts.
This wasn’t emotional anymore.
It was a problem.
Problems
