The outrage online spread faster than anyone had imagined. The truth behind Camille's immersive theater productions was exposed piece by piece. Every supposedly authentic reaction her fans had praised had been built on Tessa's pain and fear. Pierce Group's stock plunged for three consecutive days. Graham no longer cared. He locked himself inside the empty penthouse and didn't step outside for an entire week. He used every legal and illicit connection he possessed to search security footage from train stations and ticket records from long-distance bus terminals. He found nothing. Tessa seemed to have vanished from the world, erasing every trace of her existence. One night, stabbing pain in his stomach woke him. He instinctively reached toward the other side of the bed and called out

