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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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whole place smelled like cinnamon syrup and roasted beans. Rachel looked like she hadn’t slept in a week. Half-moons under her eyes. One pink fingernail cracked and worried raw with her thumb.

“They searched the house,” she said after I sat down. “Took Derek’s phone. His computer. A bunch of files.”

“That tracks,” I said.

She swallowed. “Was it really continue reading …

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