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Nicholas Boothman
Forty million people the system had failed.
His phone buzzed:
ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL ACTIVE 48 HOURS REMAINING
PREPARE FOR FINAL EVALUATION
That evening, with forty-eight hours left on the clock, Henry visited Aimee Quinn.
She was in the pediatric ward at Children’s Hospital, recovering well from her transplant. Her mother sat beside the bed, reading to her. Aimee looked up when Henry entered, her face lighting up.”
You're the truth man," she said. "Mom showed me your picture. You're the one who found my donor."
Henry sat in the chair across from the bed. "How are you feeling?"
"Tired. But better. The doctors say I'm going to be okay." She paused. "Mom says some people are mad at you. Because of the truth system."
"Some people are," Henry admitted.
"Why? Truth is good, right? That's what my teacher says. 'The truth will set you free.'"
Henry looked at this eight-year-old girl, alive because the system had worked. Then he thought of the Martinez family,
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