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The Final March of Honor
Weeks later, the legal nightmare ended and the bank returned the deed to the house. Craig visited the prison one last time, looking at the man he had once called a brother.
“Your mother had her surgery,” Craig said, his voice flat and void of any emotion. James looked up, stunned and utterly broken by the news.
The families James had robbed had pooled their money to save his innocent mother. “We protect our own,” Craig whispered, “even when they don’t deserve the protection.”
Craig stepped into the warm sunlight, a man without a rank but with his soul intact. He had lost his career, but he had finally reclaimed his home.
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