The Crossfire
The morning after Catherina's testimony broke like a knife through the fog. New York's skyscrapers shimmered in the faint winter light, but beneath the surface, tension pulsed like an exposed wire. Every newspaper headline, TV bulletin, and online blog mentioned Catherina Holland, the woman who stood up to the Cortez empire.
What she didn't comprehend was that the truth, no matter how noble, had triggered war.
By sunrise, the reaction had started.
Catherina awoke to a continuous vibration. Her phone buzzed repeatedly on the nightstand beside her bed, piercing the fragile serenity of the morning. She disregarded the first dozen messages, followed by the next. When she finally looked at the screen, her breath froze.
"Holland Lied — Harvard Graduate Fabricated Evidence Ag
