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Chapter 5 - The first thing Ethan said

The audio began in a hallway.

Ethan was speaking on speakerphone.

Male voice:

“You promised three failures before the board review.”

Ethan:

“I gave you two.”

Voice:

“Two that looked accidental.”

Ethan:

“That was the point.”

Voice:

“The valuation barely moved.”

Then footsteps.

Ethan:

“Next one will.”

Lily whispered into her phone:

“Dad should hear this.”

Then Ethan noticed her.

“What are you doing?”

Lily:

“Nothing.”

“Give me that.”

“No.”

“What did you record?”

“Nothing.”

Then the audio became chaotic.

Running.

A door closing.

Ethan yelling.

Lily crying.

The belt did not appear immediately.

First he tried to grab the device.

Then he smashed it against the corner of a table.

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When the cracked phone continued recording, Lily picked it up.

That apparently infuriated him.

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