General Evelyn James sat in the corner of the airport lounge, the delicate aroma of her herbal tea swirling in the air around her as she took a slow, deliberate sip. The tea was hot, but not too hot—just enough to provide a sense of warmth and calm after a hectic few weeks. She stared out the large glass windows of the lounge at the bustling airport runway beyond, where planes taxied slowly, inching their way toward their gates or preparing for takeoff.
Her thoughts were a million miles away—not on the planes or even the travelers who wandered the terminal. Instead, her mind was focused on the mission ahead, the one that had brought her to this flight in the first place. Evelyn wasn’t just another traveler on a business trip. As a high-ranking general in the United States Army, she had spent much of her life moving from one mission to the next, rarely staying in one place for….Read Full Story Here……………….
