MelordyThe moment Clint made that call, I knew two things for certain. First, he was no longer thinking defensively. He was planning forward, which meant desperation had finally tipped into resolve. Second, he was still hoping to outrun consequences instead of shaping them. That was the mistake people like him always made in the end. They believed motion was the same thing as control. But it wasn’t.I listened to the recording again, not because I needed clarity, but because repetition had a way of revealing intention. His voice had been calm, focused and stripped of the hesitation that used to betray him. He wasn’t running anymore. He was hunting for an exit.And so I closed the file and stood, already knowing where this needed to go next. The agent didn’t expect me. They never did.He was seated in a quiet government office two hours later, and the moment he saw me, he stiffened, his hand twitching toward the edge of the desk like it might ground him.“Relax,” I said lightly, shutt
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