h the smell of fear and expensive cologne. Mr. Benton, the firm's powerful founding partner, wasn't phy

rinding stone. "Billions in lawsuits. Our reputation,

me. I felt them l

le. She looked pale, but her voice was steady, sharp as gl

He was the junior architect responsible for the final s

eagerly beside her. His family's money had gotten him the i

"I ran a simulation and saw the load-bearing miscalculation. I told

woman I loved. I saw nothing but a desperate, cornered animal. Her eyes met mine for a

n my entire world. So I sto

hollow even to my own ears. "I take full respon

walked out of the boardroom, the silence

wrapped her arms around me from behi

's the only way. Once this blows over, we'll go to Italy. Just

rd. She kissed my cheek and left, a ghost o

o idea. N

rseen the installation of a state-of-the-art, cloud-based surveillance system. Audio

ored the flashing red warnings from the design software. I had the audio of Jen co