Her Last Chance

Elias stared at Angelia coldly. ‘Don’t make what happened to you seem like it’s all Callie’s fault. You are responsible for your own life. You made a choice. You chose to frame Callie. You chose to work with Carl Conway. And now that you are no longer useful to him, be prepared to face the consequences.’ Angelia bit her lip and turned away. ‘What consequences?’ ‘That’s for you to find out.’ Elias shook his head. ‘It’s a pity. If you had come clean yesterday, I would have helped you get away from Conway. But now you’ve dug your own grave.’ He turned around to leave. Panicking, Angelia grabbed his arm. ‘Could you…could you help me, please? I swear I’ll tell you everything.’ ‘Too late.’ Elias removed her hand. ‘I gave you a chance. You wasted it.’ *** Elias left the infirmary, heading to the command division. Instead of returning to his office, he headed directly to Carl’s. He knocked and pushed the door open, finding Carl seated behind his big desk. ‘General Conway.’ Elias saluted. ‘Gene