Chapter 14 - Unlocking The Secret Digital Drive Found In The Toy
While Arthur settled Sadie into a cozy guest bedroom with warm blankets and hot cocoa, Caleb examined the gray suitcase more closely. He noticed a small, zippered pocket along the inner lining that felt heavier than the rest of the fabric.
Using a pair of sewing scissors from Arthur's sewing basket, Caleb carefully snipped the stitching along the seam and pulled out a small black USB flash drive. Tapped to the drive was a tiny note in Mara's handwriting: "If anything happens to me, give this to the FBI."
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Caleb plugged the flash drive into his laptop, entering the password Mara had written on the back of her old college student ID. The screen flickered, revealing thousands of encrypted audio recordings, video files, and bank routing numbers linking his family to international money laundering.
The evidence was monumental—enough to put his entire family behind bars for the rest of their natural lives.
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