Eight months later... Manhattan had moved on. The city always did. No permanent reminder of the months of fear, betrayal, and violence that had surrounded the Morrison case. New headlines had replaced the old ones. New scandals occupied the newspapers. New faces appeared on television. And slowly... The world stopped talking about Project Orion. But for the people who had lived through it... Forgetting wasn't that simple. --- Nathan Cross sat alone in his office one rainy afternoon, staring at a file that had once occupied almost every waking hour of his life. The cover was worn. The corners were bent. Across the front, in bold black letters, was the name: MORRISON HOLDINGS He opened it one final time. Inside were photographs. Financial records. Witness statements. Corporate documents. Interrogation reports. And, near the bottom... A photograph of Victor Kane. Cross stared at it for several seconds. Victor had survived the shooting. The bullet wound had left
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