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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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After he was gone, the apartment felt wrong. Not dangerous exactly. Just disturbed, like a pond after somebody drags a stick through it. I checked the locks. Checked the devices. Checked the table. Everything was still physically there. I told myself I was being paranoid. I put a reminder in my phone to get the key back from him on Sunday.

I never got continue reading …

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