2 weeks later, Lumina Group held an emergency press conference.
I didn't attend. When Brett forwarded me the live feed, I was in the back room of the studio, re-cataloging my mother's old prototypes.
On the screen, Julian sat at the far end of a long conference table. His suit sleeves looked a bit loose, as if he had lost a significant amount of weight these days.
Two documents lay squarely on his desk, the draft of a public apology and the binding agreement that restored proper authorship for the Aurora Collection.
A board member asked him, "Mr. Stone, are you certain you want to waive your priority allocation of the future profits for The True Orbit? Those funds could have been used to offset Lumina Group's recent losses."
Julian didn't look at the camera. "That isn't Lumina Gr
