(Third-Person POV)
“This is a correction,” Evelyn continued. “Athena's authorship records have been restored.”
Julian signaled frantically toward the technicians at the side of the stage. They tried their keyboards and shook their heads. Their controls were dark.
“The original source code, my development logs, and every related patent filing have now been delivered to the Securities and Exchange Commission and every member of the Sterling Group board.”
The screen went black.
Time-stamped, grainy security footage from Evelyn's former office replaced it. Julian recognized the camera angle before Chloe entered the frame.
Across the auditorium, people watched Chloe search the desk and put Evelyn's leather-bound design notebooks in her bag. They saw her lift the amber medicine bottle from
