Chapter 15: Court Part 3

I was in total disbelief as I watched Eddie shout at the cell phone repair shop clerk. The clerk looked just as shocked as I felt. This wasn't the calm and collected Eddie I was used to.

"What's happening, Eddie?" I asked, trying to make sense of the situation.

"This guy's trying to hack into your phone!" Eddie exclaimed, pointing at the officer.

I was confused. "What do you mean?" I asked Eddie. All I saw was my old cell phone connected to some equipment I didn't recognize.

"It's a device to test millions of number combinations to unlock your phone," Eddie explained.

It all made sense now. My phone had a password, a number pin. I looked at the repairman.

The officer looked frightened. "I was just following orders," he stammered. "Someone asked me to try to access this phone."

"Is this phone yours?" the man asked me and Eddie, and we both nodded.

I could see the man looked a little guilty, even though I was pretty sure he had no ill intentions.

"The man and woman who came in earlier c