The Heart Never Forgets
He looked exactly as he had before the fire, before the pain, before the gray shadow of death had claimed him in my arms only an hour ago.
"My name is Thomas Riley," the image said, its lips moving with a terrifying, fluid precision. "And I cannot leave this world with these secrets in my heart."
I looked at Daniel. He was frozen, his gaze locked on the screen, his jaw working in silent fury. We both knew the truth. We had both felt the coldness of my father’s skin. We had both heard the silence of his heart. This wasn't a man; it was a digital ghost, a "Deepfake" woven together by Pierce’s engineers from old videos and AI algorithms.
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