Chapter 239 A Fragile Peace Shattered

Ethan’s POV The news of Reggie spread faster than any fire. In the days that followed, his small, fragile figure became the face on every broadcast. Reporters picked up his story, medical experts gave interviews, and people everywhere started asking why the government had failed to protect a child. Sympathy grew and anger grew with it. People demanded that he receive proper medical care. For once, the public was not divided. They were united by a boy’s suffering. Milo knew what he was doing. When he announced a ceasefire, the weight of the government’s failures came crashing down harder. Every voice demanding care for Reggie became another voice demanding answers from the army. Inside the compound, tension simmered. Soldiers whispered, their faces tight. Even the colonel looked like a man trapped between orders and shame. That afternoon, I was called to his office. The door closed behind me with a heavy thud, and I stood across from him while he sat at his desk, his jaw set, fingers dr