Chapter 2 - Tommy Plugs The USB Into The Grand Ballroom Screen
Ten-year-old Tommy stood unyielding on the elevated stage, his small fingers gripping the black plastic casing of the USB drive. The heavy silence in the Greenwich country club ballroom felt thick enough to cut with a silver dessert knife.
Without breaking eye contact with his trembling father, Tommy walked steadily toward the media console technician stationed beside the massive projection screen. “Plug this into the master switcher, please,” Tommy instructed with a chilling, professional calm that defied his age.
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The technician glanced nervously toward Joe Vance, whose face had instantly lost all its arrogant color. Joe lunged forward from the edge of the stage, roaring in blind panic, “Don't you dare touch that cord, you little brat!”
Before Joe could cross the mahogany floor, two burly private security guards hired for the party stepped directly into his path.
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