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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original environment. I didn’t know what that meant.”

“I know.”

“I told him I thought it did.” He rubbed his thumb along the receiver cord. “Then he asked something else.”

My spine went straight.

“What?”

Derek looked at me, and for the first time in the entire conversation he looked honestly rattled.

“He asked if you kept anything else like that at home.continue reading …