LIES OF HOPE
I found myself gnawing on my nails and pulled my hand from my mouth.
“Well, then, plug it in and let’s see what we have.”
Cara stared at me, the excitement in her eyes giving way to fear. “I can’t,” she whispered, holding the computer out to me. “You do it.”
“Fine.” I snatched the drive from its resting place and jammed it into the port. I didn’t want to know, and yet I couldn’t get into it fast enough. I tapped my fingers lightly against the keypad while I waited the eternity it seemed to take for the single file to appear onscreen. An audio popped up, saved fifteen months ago. I clicked the icon, toggled up the volume, and waited, hot pin-pricks dancing across my skin.
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