This week with Arlene and Jeff:
...The two young women glanced at each other before Arlene continued for them. “Ann and I have given our statements, and according to Sergeant Higgins, so have Adrienné, Islea and Nyala. (Islea and Nyala are the First Officer’s women.) He told us not to discuss what happened with anyone outside the family until he could complete his investigation. Before we could even ask, he said that he could discuss none of his findings until he and his people had finished. He also mentioned that since we are your wives and you are the unit’s Colonel, the investigation would have to be even more thorough, so no one could come back later and claim there was a cover-up.”
Ann smoothly continued for them. “Even though we reminded the Sergeant that everything was recorded on the outside camera system, he just smiled and said that recordings could be altered, but they would be used as corroborative evidence to back up our written statements. He treated us as if we were total strangers, but at the same time, with utmost courtesy. He had several troopers with him, and I’m told that they did the same thing with all of us. He wouldn’t joke with us and even ask if he could refer to us by our first names as if we had never met. Oh, and he and his people recorded everything.”
Arlene inserted, “Once he and the troopers had interviewed all of us – separately, of course – he cautioned us not to discuss what happened with anyone outside the family until the Review Board had made its decision. Heck, when he was done, I wondered if we would be prosecuted or something. Did this happen to you when you came back from missions where you had to fight?”...
Have a goodun;
Roust