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Chapter 73: The Loophole

Aвтор: Ayoade Busola
last update publish date: 2026-01-24 01:27:06

Day 4 of Lockdown.

I was done crying. I was done feeling sorry for myself.

Lorenzo had called me a liability. He had said I couldn't help.

Watch me, I thought.

I sat on the edge of the massive king-sized bed. The room was silent. I had no phone. No laptop. No tablet. Lorenzo had stripped the room of anything that could transmit a signal.

But he had forgotten one thing.

I looked at the wall opposite the bed.

Mounted there was an 85-inch 8K Smart TV.

It was designed for watching movies, but like
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