The room felt colder.
Rain pressed against the windows while Caleb’s words settled heavily between them.
Somebody removed whoever was there with us.
Elara stared at the dark television screen.
Her pulse had not slowed since the footage ended.
Nathan looked equally disturbed.
“You’re saying the video was altered?”
“Yes.”
Caleb remained near the television, calm but tense beneath the surface.
Nathan frowned.
“But why?”
Caleb looked toward him.
“Because edited truth is easier to control than complete truth.”
The emergency lights flickered again.
Weak shadows shifted across the suite walls.
Elara wrapped her arms around herself.
“You said you were never alone with him.”
“I wasn’t.”
She looked toward the blank screen.
“Then who disappeared from the footage?”
Caleb did not an
