The silence in the conference room felt heavier than stone.
The silver flash drive lay in the center of the table.
No one reached for it.
Benjamin finally broke the silence.
"We've spent days trying to understand Genesis."
He looked at Evelyn.
"I think your grandfather wanted us to stop asking what Genesis is."
"And start asking who created it."
Anthony frowned.
"What do you mean?"
Benjamin opened William Ashford's notebook.
He turned several pages until he reached the beginning.
"There."
At the very top of the first page was a sentence written in neat handwriting.
Every empire begins with one decision. Every conspiracy begins with one name.
Below it...
One name had been underlined instead of circled.
Dr. Eleanor Hayes.
Evelyn searched her memory.
"I've never heard of he
