He Smirked, Called Me “The Family’s IT Girl,”

next door whispered, “I told Frank she wasn’t in software sales.”

Frank Dillard muttered, “This ain’t the time, Denise.”

And because life is cheap with timing, my secure tablet chirped.

One incoming text on the internal channel.

FROM: ARES WATCH
MESSAGE: Secondary anomaly linked to local grid. Origin likely within 300m of current position.

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