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My brother actually laughed at dinner and said, ‘I sold that useless laptop of yours for five hundred bucks. Finally got rid of your junk.’ My cousins cheered him on. Then he added, almost proudly, ‘Already handed it off to the buyer.’ I got up, stepped outside, and called my supervisor. By the time I made the report, the FBI cyber team was already tracking the device…

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“Then why not ask me?”

He let out a short bitter laugh. “Because I knew what you’d say.”

“That depends when you asked.”

He looked up sharply.

And there it was. The real shard lodged between us. If Derek had come to me three weeks earlier and said I’m in trouble, I might have helped. Maybe not with cash right away, but with continue reading …

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