Liam didn't click it. He pulled the power cable directly from the wall. The screens went black, plunging his studio into a suffocating silence.
When the extraction progress bar hit 100%, the folder opened to reveal a chaotic mess of files: – A standard ambient track. Autumn_Boulevard_FINAL.rar
He stared at the monitor. On screen, the actress wasn't moving anymore. The video hadn't paused; the timecode was still rolling, but she was simply standing there, staring directly into the camera. Directly at him. Liam didn't click it
– A muted, corrupted audio file.