Chapter 4

The first record opened as soon as the counter stopped.

I expected a voice file and a date. Instead, I saw a worker number beside a night-shift schedule, a wage category, and a dismissed complaint.

Another field was labeled FATIGUE LOAD.

I clicked it.

The system had connected the way a woman sounded to the hours she worked, the number of angry calls she handled, and how little time she had between them. Then it removed those facts and called the result a personal weakness.

The model heard their fatigue, erased its cause, and blamed them for it.

I opened…