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Rebecca opened her mouth. Then closed it. Her face went through three different expressions in two seconds. Confusion. Realization. Then horror.“No.” Rebecca whispered. “That cannot be right.”Kevin walked to the door of Vivienne’s office and opened it. Vivienne was sitting behind her desk reviewing a contract. She looked up when Kevin entered with Rebecca behind him.“Kevin, what is wrong?” Vivienne set the contract down.“Someone has been using Rebecca’s copied credentials to access restricted systems inside this company and the Sterling family’s digital archives.” Kevin placed the access logs on her desk. “The credentials were duplicated using the master configuration file stored on your private server.”Vivienne’s face went still.“Only three people have ever accessed my private server.” Vivienne’s voice became very quiet. “Myself. Rebecca. And one other person who helped me build the security architecture when I first took control of this company.”“Who?” Kevin already knew the
CHAPTER 229
“Kevin, I found it.” Rebecca’s voice was tight. “An old administrative account belonging to a former employee named Douglas Webb. He left Harvard Company three years ago. His account was supposed to be deactivated upon departure, but someone kept it active.”“Who used it?” Kevin pressed the phone closer to his ear.“The account has been accessed over forty times in the past twelve months.” Rebecca paused. “And here is the part that does not make sense. The login route does not go through the normal company network. It passes through several private devices and encrypted relay points before connecting to a secure terminal inside Harvard Company.”“Inside the building.” Kevin’s jaw tightened. “Someone is sitting inside our own company and accessing restricted systems through a ghost account.”“It gets worse.” Rebecca’s voice dropped. “I traced the terminal location. It is on the executive floor. Only six people have physical access to that area after hours.”“Do not tell anyone what you
CHAPTER 228
Kevin sat across from Isabella in the Sterling family study the next afternoon with every document from the previous day still spread across the desk between them. He had not slept. His eyes were red and his jaw was tight, but his voice was steady when he finally spoke.“I am not going to accept that Song is the villain in this story.” Kevin placed both hands flat on the table. “Not yet. Not based on a scratched photograph and a dead man’s warning.”“Kevin, the evidence is pointing directly at him.” Isabella leaned forward. “My father spent years collecting information about the person behind the program. Everything leads back to Song.”“Your father also spent years living in fear.” Kevin’s voice was firm but not hostile. “Fear makes people see enemies everywhere. Song protected me when the most powerful people in this city were looking for me. He trained me. He gave me skills that have saved my life more times than I can count. I am not going to throw all of that away because of a ja
CHAPTER 227
Kevin closed his eyes. The memory came not from the records, not from the facility, not from any investigation. It came from a night fifteen years ago when he was a boy sitting on the training ground floor after a session that had lasted seven hours. His body was broken. His hands were bleeding. And Master Song had walked in wearing a jacket he told Kevin he had kept since before Kevin was born.A dark jacket with a distinctive collar and narrow sleeves. With a subtle pattern near the cuffs. With a small embroidered mark near the neck that Song had told him was the symbol of the school where he had first learned medicine.But it was not the sy
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The two halves came together like a lock and key, and for the first time, the full image was visible. A young boy, no older than four, standing beside a tall man in dark clothing. The man’s hand rested on the boy’s shoulder. Behind them, a building with large windows reflected light from a setting sun. And behind the man, partially hidden by shadow but now fully visible with both pieces combined, stood a second figure.“There is someone else in this photograph.” Isabella leaned closer. “I never noticed because my piece only showed the lower half. But with both sections together, there is clearly another person standing behind the man.”“The second figure is in the shadow.” Kevin studied the image. “Taller than the first man. Standing further back. Almost like they were watching from a distance.”“Can you see the face?” Isabella tilted the photograph.“No.” Kevin’s stomach dropped. “The face has been scratched away. Someone deliberately damaged the photograph to remove that person’s id
CHAPTER 225
Kevin arrived at the Sterling family’s private residence the next morning. Isabella was waiting for him at the front door with the same leather folder she had shown him the day before, plus a second one he had not seen.“Come inside.” Isabella held the door open. “I have been going through my father’s records since last night. There is more.”Kevin followed her through a hallway lined with old family portraits and into a private study at the back of the house. The room was smaller than he expected. Dark wood shelves, a single desk, and a window that overlooked a garden that had not been maintained in years.“Before we start, I need to tell you something.” Isabella set both folders on the desk and turned to face him. “I still do not fully trust you, Kevin.”“I did not ask you to trust me.” Kevin stood near the door with his arms at his sides. “I asked you to show me what your father left behind.”“And I am going to.” Isabella folded her arms. “But you need to understand that learning y
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