Rowan
Nobody spoke.
Nobody moved.
The locker room felt frozen in time.
Claire's words hung in the air like a storm cloud.
The names are on that drive.
My eyes dropped to the flash drive in my hand.
Such a small thing.
A simple black piece of plastic.
Yet people had died because of it.
Ava died because of it.
The realization made my stomach twist.
For years I believed I knew the truth.
Then I discovered I didn't.
Then I learned there was even more.
Now—
I wasn't sure where the truth ended anymore.
Claire looked exhausted.
Not physically.
Emotionally.
Like she'd been carrying this burden alone for a very long time.
Evan lowered the gun completely.
Nobody seemed to notice.
Nobody cared anymore.
The weapon wasn't the most dangerous thing in the room.
The flash drive wa
