Six months later, Oliver's company went bankrupt after its reputation collapsed, and the entire industry boycotted him.
Stargazing Camp was forcibly dismantled, and the dark sky reserve was restored to its original state.
He sold off most of his assets, barely enough to cover his debts.
He sold his luxury apartment and moved into a cheap rental.
He spent his days drinking and flipping through that hardcover journal. The edges were worn fuzzy.
He kept the negative with O.C. written on it tucked in an inside pocket.
When winter set in, he bought the latest astronomy magazine from a newsstand.
The cover featured a new observatory site built deep in the desert.
National Deep Space Exploration Base Completed; Young Core Team Builds a Strategic National Asset.
On the team roster, he saw
