Everyone goes quiet as the news report plays across the screen. A woman’s voice says, “Vincent Sharp of Aether Corporation was indicted today for illegally running experiments on minors, among other charges.” As we watch, Vincent scowls as he’s led out of the downtown office building in handcuffs, along with Dr. Kapur and Lynne. There’s no sign of Dr. Walters or Dr. Campbell—we convinced them to leave Aether months ago. As Vincent is roughly shoved into the back of a police car, we all cheer. We’ve been working to bring down Vincent and end the time-travel program for the past year, and it’s finally over. Now we can move on with our lives. Zahra rewinds the clip so we can watch it again, but Jeremy gets up to grab more food. I head into the kitchen with him and set down my plate. “You
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