(Arthur's POV)
The government warning closed every route I knew how to use. Billions sat in my accounts, and none of it could buy a phone number.
One person outside my influence might have an answer: Evelyn's mentor, Professor Albright.
I drove to the university without calling ahead and went straight to the physics department.
Albright sat behind a desk crowded with papers and celestial charts. He looked up as I entered.
"Where is she?"
"Mr. Aster. I wondered how long it would take you."
"I know you had something to do with her disappearance."
"She accepted a position," he said. "Project Deep Space. Fifteen years. Her civil identity has been archived for the duration. You cannot contact her."
My hand tightened on the back of a chair.
"No. She would have said goodbye. She would n
