VICTORIAThe recording didn’t leave my mind.Even after Clark stopped it, even after the room went quiet, the words stayed there like they had always been part of my mind. Trent hadn’t reacted to anything. He had built it.And he had not built it alone.I stood in my office later that night, looking out at the city through the glass walls. The lights stretched out in every direction, looking really bright like nothing had changed.From the outside, it still looked like I owned everything. Inside, it felt different.Clark moved behind me, quiet but present. He had been going through files again for the last hour, searching for anything that could connect Trent to that second voice.“You’re thinking too far ahead again,” he said.“I’m thinking exactly where I need to,” I replied.“That recording changes things.”“It confirms things.”He stopped a few steps away from me. “Not for everyone,” he said.“It will,” I answered.I kept my eyes on the city. Cars moved like lines of light below,
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