Then I went back to the first and started over.

“Say it out loud,” I said.

“There’s no patent on record naming Aaron as an inventor.

None of the thirteen.” His finger moved down the column.

“The foundational code matches Hart Systems line for line.

The corporate history has been amended.

He isn’t in the founding story, the website, or the plaques in the lobby.”

“Removed, or just never written?”