"You sure he’s coming alone?"Leah Moore’s voice was calm, but her grip on the binoculars said otherwise. She crouched behind the wheel of a battered city van parked just outside a dim alley off 5th and Garland. Miami humidity clung to her skin like static.Her partner, Officer Torres, adjusted his earpiece, watching the alley through a cracked rear-view mirror. “Looks like it. Same guy from the recon photos. Brown coat, same twitchy hands.”“He’s late,” Leah muttered. “Something’s off.”“Maybe he stopped to pick flowers,” Torres quipped.The guy finally emerged, checking over his shoulder like he owed the world money. He carried a cross-bag slung low and held onto something small in his left hand.“Alright,” Leah said. “That’s our guy, Alexei Duarte. Traffics pickpocket, Cryptocurrency Scammer, runs with the Lisbon crew. Wait till he makes contact.”Before Torres could reply, it all went sideways.Alexei turned sharply, saw a glimpse of the unmarked squad car across the street, and
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