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make it right, what we had done. I thought we were being punished.”
    Tim was crumpling the paper into a ball, trying to hide it. “It knew all along,” he moaned. “The GM was giving us the correct results all along. The programming, it was programmed to provide us with the graphs it would produce in the future. It couldn’t give us any results if it knew its data would be destroyed at midnight. Why couldn’t I figure it out?”
    “Because we can’t change the future,” I murmured.
    I thought he might kill me then, his face was full of so much rage, but a heavy thump rang out against the door and he moved to the blinds, peering out into the dark. “I don’t believe it,” he muttered.
    “Is anyone in there?” a muffled voice shouted through the door. “It’s the police.”
    “Yeah, hang on,” Tim shouted back, shoving the desks out of the way and unlocking the door.
    The door opened and two officers entered the room. “Ms. Riese?” one of them asked. “We’ve come to escort you and your employees home. The situation has become too dangerous here.”
    “What took you so long?” I cried. “Why did you wait until now?”
    They gave me a strange look as we walked away from the destruction. “Have you seen the demonstration outside? We only just broke through it.”
    We descended the stairs in silence and flashing red and blue lights illuminated the lobby. Uniformed officers swarmed the area. As I stopped to take in the damage, a cool night breeze wafted through the broken windows and I heard Tim sigh. “You know,” he spat, “I had always heard people say you were simply finishing your father’s work. I think you’ve succeeded in that more than any of us ever expected. He should be proud of you.”
    Maybe not proud, I thought, but maybe he will understand. Out of anyone in the world, he just might be the one that understands.