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Chapter 84: Mia?

Author: Writer B
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-05 19:22:05

Daniel’s POV.

Mia?

I chuckled.

I paused at the doorway to the parlor, hands trembling just slightly. My eyes flicked to the coffee table, where the laptop sat, lid open like some silent invitation. The USB cord jutted out like a finger pointing straight at me, accusing. My gut churned. I knew what I might find if I looked. I also knew Mia well enough to know she was clever, too clever for me to underestimate. That same brilliance had carried her through years of school, of life, of outsmarting situations, but now, sitting there, it made my blood run cold.

We’d just had a fight. A loud, messy, almost primal argument. Her voice had been sharp, full of panic and indignation, and mine had been louder, more accusatory than I’d meant. I’d demanded explanations she couldn’t give. She’d sworn, sobbed, and swore on her grandmother’s grave that she had nothing to do with John’s sudden release. That she didn’t know a single thing about the CIA document, the PDF, the evidence, none of it.

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