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He h the documents while I exa to it since it’d been sectioned off into coht on the brush pattern of the velvet in the back corner It looked like soainst it

Holy shit Did the thing have a false bottom?

I tracedthe partition, and when I pushed down on the botto a sh to store a folded stack of cash, or in this case, a USB stick drive

I reached for him like I orried if I took my eyes off the drawer, the compartment would disappear and the flash drive with it “Vance”

Papers rustled as he set them down He sahat I’d found, because he immediately went for my purse He retrieved the duplicator device and the blankfor just this scenario I plucked the drive out of the tray and plugged it into the available slot, and when the red copy light began to flash, exciteh my bloodstream Whatever files were on here, they were explosive; I could sense it

“How er do you think we can stay in here?” I whispered

He looked down at his watch “I’ve been gone awhile”

I nodded in understanding When the drive was done copying, we’d need to go He began to put the docu raph in place

The red flashing light grew to two bars,ere fifty percent done

I finished stowingsection of the Lagerfield, and a strange prickling sensation washed down old face was dull, and the leather band worn, and it lookedbattery

My heart pounded like a cannon being fired repeatedly

I knew this watch, but it made no sense how it could be here

Vance’s question was rushed and worried “What are you doing?”

I ignored him as I pulled out the black cuff, which was like a pillow that the watch was clasped around It took me less than a second to undo the band After all, I’d had years practicing on it I turned it over, andme to drop to the floor and a sob to well up in my chest