C197 Deflection into manipulation

I sat in my cell and waited for a day. It was late afternoon, and my cell phone had less than five percent of its battery. I prayed silently that I would not call at this hour.

This time, the soldiers outside were no longer polite. With the commander's death order, their words were extremely stiff, "I'm sorry, eldest miss. Without the commander's order, no one is allowed to enter