Chapter 21 - An Unexpected Knock Brings A Terrifying Final Warning
Late one quiet evening in Seattle, Gwen sat at her new mahogany desk reviewing quarterly logistics spreadsheets on her dual monitors.
The rain tapped softly against the floor-to-ceiling glass windows of her luxury downtown high-rise apartment.
Suddenly, her computer screen blinked once, twice, and all open windows minimized automatically into a flashing black command prompt.
An unknown user bypassed her corporate VPN firewall, typing a single cryptic message across her monitor in glowing red text:
“You thought you escaped San Diego, Gwen, but the person who funded Brandon’s hidden corporate accounts is now looking for your files.”
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Gwen froze in her ergonomic chair, staring at the glowing screen in sudden chilling silence as the high-rise hallway lights flickered off one by one.
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