The thick manila folder lay wide open between us on the desk, its contents radiating a silent, toxic gravity that seemed to distort the very air in the room. For several long, agonizing seconds, I stared at the crisp, white paper, my hands frozen at my sides as I struggled to find the courage to touch it. The sleek, high-end office around me seemed to completely fade into a distant blur until all I could see, and all I could focus on, was that damned stack of documents resting on Alejandro Cast