I Was the Only One at My Grandpa’s Funeral Until a General Saw His Ring and Asked Me One Question

mean?” I asked.

The general closed the notebook carefully. “Operational timelines,” he said. “Your grandfather documented events that, officially, never occurred.”

“Why?”

“Because someone should,” the other man said simply. His voice had the quality of someone who has thought about this for a long time. “Even if it never becomes public. Even if no one continue reading …