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Chapter 3 The Hidden Folder

Author: Sean Erby
The news that I had signed the agreement that Aiden had laid down like an ultimatum exploded through the company like a bomb.

Everyone thought I had lost my mind.

My father was so furious that his blood pressure shot through the roof, and he ended up in the hospital that night.

Still, he was spry enough back at the ward that he could point at me and curse, "You ungrateful brat! Are you trying to drive the Henderson family into the ground? Even your brother wouldn't have dared sign an agreement like this with Aiden. Who the hell do you think you are?"

My mother wiped away her tears as she muttered, "Luke, tell me the truth. Did you really hurt your brain? Maybe we should beg Aiden to let you out of the agreement."

"Beg him?" I let out a cold laugh. "When have you ever seen Luke beg anyone for anything?"

My words left them both speechless.

Luke was a genius, a born prodigy. Naturally, it also meant that he was a prideful man. He had never once bowed his head to anyone, at least not that I remembered.

My mother stared at me blankly, a faraway look in her eyes. "Y-You looked just like your brother just now."

My father fell silent as well.

Just then, Willow walked in carrying a fruit basket.

She could sense the atmosphere in the ward was far from pleasant, so she said soothingly, "Mr. and Mrs. Henderson, please don't blame Luke. I believe in him. I'm sure he has his reasons."

She walked over to me and slipped her arm through mine, her manner intimate. "Luke, I will always support you."

That night, I returned to my brother's spacious, empty apartment.

Willow followed me in, claiming it was so she could take better care of me.

She wrapped her arms around me from behind, her warm breath brushing against my neck. "Luke, you've not held me in so long."

Her hands began wandering over my body.

I grabbed her hand. "I'm tired."

Willow stiffened. She looked up at me, a hint of suspicion and displeasure in her eyes. "You weren't like this before."

I pulled free from her embrace and headed straight for the study. "I have a lot to deal with regarding the project."

I closed the study door, shutting her out.

I leaned against the door and listened until the sounds of her moving around stopped before finally letting out a breath of relief.

Then, I turned on my brother's computer.

It was filled with documents on the Genesis project. The information before me was so dense that it felt like an insurmountable mountain.

I couldn't understand any of it. Still, I knew that the secret behind my brother's death had to be hidden somewhere in there.

I tried several passwords my brother commonly used, but every one came back as incorrect.

I stared at the photo of my brother looking so self-assured on the login screen. That was when I suddenly remembered something.

When the two of us still had a close bond all those years ago, he pointed up at the night sky and said to me, "Julian, look. That darkest star up there? One day, I'm going to make it shine brighter than the sun."

That was a secret between the two of us.

I typed the name of that star, Nyx, into the password field.

The computer screen lit up, and the desktop appeared. Yet, what I saw was not the Genesis research data. Instead, it was an encrypted video file and a hidden folder. The folder was named "THIEF."
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