The office had never been this quiet before.At night the entire twenty-second floor of Light City Corporate Tower usually slept in darkness.The steady hum of computers was replaced by the murmur of traffic far below. But tonight one small corner office still glowed with a pale white light.Alex Carter sat behind his desk.His shoulders were hunched forward.His face was buried in his hands.Outside the glass windows Light City stretched endlessly into the night.Skyscrapers sparkled with thousands of lights.Streets shimmered with streams of cars.Giant digital billboards flickered with color.From this height the city looked breathtaking.It looked almost magical.Alex barely saw it.The office lights were too bright, the room was too large, and the emptiness was too loud.Papers were scattered across his desk in piles.There were reports, contracts and spreadsheets.These were documents he had tried to review for the hour.He had opened them with every intention of working.He had
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