The Federation's victory, along with the large number of disabled and fallen servicemen, had drawn everyone's attention to these issues.
At the bottom rung of society, there was no shortage of empathy.
And humanity was a species skilled at moving itself!
When these two special elements came together, people became furious and felt... as though they themselves had been wounded! Joanna could spend over a million on someone else without blinking, and casually spend tens of thousands on a luxury item for herself.
Yet she refused to take out a few thousand to help a family and a soldier who had suffered for his country escape despair! People had every reason to hate her!
What she had brought to society was not merely the loss of hope for some families. She had also made society as a whole feel pain!
The growing crowd outside made Joanna, who was smoking by the window, tremble all over.
As First Lady, she did have certain privileges, and this was merely "cooperating with an investigation," not an arrest.
But she could still feel the malice these people harbored toward her.
"I... I want to call my husband." She turned to look at the several agents in the room.
The director was not responsible for frontline operations and had already left.
Before leaving, however, he had hinted that the case would proceed normally and that they had no need to fear Joanna's identity.
The moment she had been taken away from the Presidential Palace, it had actually been destined that President Truman had abandoned her.
A First Lady covered in stains?
Moreover, Mr. Truman's attitude had made it clear just how dissatisfied he was with the woman before him.
The agents had even fewer scruples.
One of the female agents shook her head and refused