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Nicholas Boothman
A news alert.
BREAKING: Cerulean Dynamics Admits to Falsifying Safety Reports. Death Toll Rises to 47.
Henry’s stomach dropped.
He knew that name.
Six weeks earlier, Cerulean Dynamics had flown him from Toronto to Ohio.
He found a bench and sat down hard.
He opened the article with shaking hands.
March 15, 2028
The conference room at Cerulean Dynamics smelled of expensive upholstery and fear.
Henry sat at the long table, leather portfolio open, while three executives stared at the screen in front of them.
Forty-seven names.
Forty-seven employees killed in a cooling system failure at the Ohio plant.
Not numbers. Not yet.
Names.
Then Logan Edwards, Cerulean’s young CFO, cleared his throat.
“It was flagged eight months ago,” Logan said. “The internal audits warned us. Repeatedly.”
Henry looked at him.
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