Chapter 6 - The Digital Nightmare
Claire pulled the sedan off the highway and parked behind an abandoned diner in the next county.
She booted up the stolen encrypted laptop using the dome light of the car.
María plugged the small digital hard drive into the computer’s side port.
The screen immediately flooded with hundreds of organized video files and banking documents.
Daniel leaned over the center console, staring at the horrifying scope of the criminal empire.
Thomas Miller was not just producing illegal videos in his hidden basement room.
He was the chief financial officer for a massive human trafficking ring spanning three different states.
The hard drive contained the offshore routing numbers used to pay off judges, politicians, and police captains.
Claire quickly opened a secure communication channel to a trusted contact she knew at the FBI field office in Chicago.
She began transferring the massive files over the cellular network.
Emily rested her head on María’s shoulder, completely exhausted by the terrifying night.
The little girl finally felt safe enough to fall into a deep, dreamless sleep.
Daniel watched the progress bar on the laptop slowly creep toward fifty percent.
If they could just finish the upload, the entire corrupt network would be dismantled by morning.
Suddenly, the laptop screen began to glitch and distort wildly.
The data transfer completely froze at exactly sixty-two percent.
A new window popped up on the screen, opening a live video feed from a dark, moving vehicle.
Thomas Miller was staring directly into the camera, smiling a cruel and confident smile.
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He held up a small electronic tracking device that was blinking with a bright red light.
Thomas softly explained that he had sewn a GPS tracker into the stuffed rabbit three years ago.
