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A complete and utter no-win for her?

As in…she’d never even had a chance at a winning scenario The fate of her computer, of her files, had been predetermined and sealed before she’d even boarded that plane

Because Agent Garcia had shoved a fucking dongle into a USB port on Nikki’s computer!

She was furious No lie

Her rage boiled and her frustrationno options to present, no reasonable way to approach this situation The burning sensations within her not only warred further with her emotions, but also with her very nature Her ability to work through probleency situations; her vast network of friends and colleagues… None of that—or them—could help her solve this issue or save her computer

What the hell else was Nikki supposed to do, other than give up?

And get the hell out

Turning back to Daets blown to bits, that’s it, right? I’m in the clear? The terrorists will know you have the data and I have absolutely nothing that will connectfor the,” she said in an edgy tone “And I can fucking leave, right? Go do what it is that I’? Go to Switzerland”

“Nik—”

“Just tell me I can leave the very second this is done, Da want to hear”

Anything to drown out the sound of her own heart breaking

Shattering

Times two

One, for everything she was about to lose on her hard drive

And two… Because this had to be the end of her and Damen