artment, the encrypted laptop chimi

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t, issued by Falco's

oan. The document claimed I had stolen the money

words, a bitter laugh

izing his entire empire to grind me into dust. Long before

e authorization info. I attached my encrypted digital sign

epay it, down t

I went into the ground, returning his money was

good friend Lexi. She was an associate on the fringes of the

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up on the

the chase. "The black-market surgery ruined my stami

desk job. "Safe, high-paying, cover jo

without h

e Don a favor for e

ents of my life, I would vani

nd then quietly disappe