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Chapter 69

작가: Richard Griffith
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The blue glow from my laptop screen was the only light in the room, and it felt harsh, like a cold finger poking at my tired eyes.

The message on the screen was a nightmare in plain text: "Enter the name of the one you’re willing to lose, if you dare open the file."

I felt a lump in my throat that I couldn't swallow. Who would I even type? My father? Daniel? The very thought made my stomach do a sick little flip. It felt like a sick game, the kind a bully plays before they push you down.

Then, a thought hit me, sharp and cold. This wasn’t a password. It was a trap. Daniel had told me once that the most dangerous doors are the ones that ask you to identify yourself before they open. If I typed a name, any name, I was telling a computer somewhere exactly where Jane Riley was sitting.

I wasn't opening a file. I was ringing a dinner bell for a shark.

I reached out and yanked the micro-drive from the side of the laptop. The screen went black instantly, and for a second, I was blind in the
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