Chapter 2
With my impending arrest approaching, security added more guards to my entourage. They also moved my accommodations to the brig. My cramped little room got bigger, but it’s now under 24-hour surveillance. My comfortable, soft bed is now gone along with any privacy I might have had. Maybe I should have just taken out that fleet and stayed on my station!
I sat in the brig for a full day before the Admiral finally came to see me.
“Athena, I’m sorry.” She, in fact, did look sorry.
I just glared at her.
“I don’t have the power to override the sector governor. I have sent requests up the chain of command, but it will take time. Governor Buckley is pushing hard for a court-martial.”
“Court martial? Admiral, I am not in your chain of command! He can’t legally do this.”
Sighing the
