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Nicholas Boothman
Henry had spent his career preventing: she'd made the truth impossible to ignore.
And she'd lost everything. Her career was over. She was facing lawsuits from Cerulean for breach of contract. The last paragraph of the article mentioned she'd checked herself into a psychiatric facility, unable to cope with the weight of what she'd witnessed.
She'd told the truth, and it had destroyed her.
He had built lies, and they'd destroyed him.
He looked up at the sky. Somewhere in this city, there had to be a better way. A way to live that didn't require choosing between comfortable fiction and unbearable reality.
His phone buzzed again. Claire. Again. This time, he answered.
"Claire."
"Henry." Her voice was tight. "I saw the news about Cerulean. I saw your name in the old press releases. Tell me you weren't part of that."
Once upon a time, he would have deflected. Would have explained. Would have made it sound reasonable.
"I was part of it," He said. "I helped them bury it. And I'm sorry."
Silence on the line. Then: "What are you going to do about it?"
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