heavy glass doors of t

ins. The smell of grilled cheese burgers

lf-service reloading ma

he original owner's campus card. The edg

slot. The screen prompted

er past life, she typed

confirm button, the machine let ou

n flashed

tool nearby, jerked awake. His eyes wen

rity guards sprinted

atons at their belts. They looked a

line backed away quickly

of the guards yelled. "Are you t

s in the air, her heart p

d dollars on my card to buy lu

sucked in a

med. "A hundred dollars could buy a ma

she had been

.. then my savings?" She backed away from the machine, her hands shaking as she pulled out her phone. She needed proof. She had to verify this insane theory before she lost her mind. As she st

chine for a system error, Cari

the cafeteria as fast as

reached a secluded wooden

r, her fingers shaking as she pulle

her racing heart and tapped the f

ognition scann

the original owner's account

,000

the number. H

e her the purchasing power of e

mediately tapped the transfer button, tryi

pop-up blocke

TATUS: E

hed. Her stomach d

against the wooden

one screen went

ch interface slow

e center read: WEAL

was a detailed e

y. Her eyes darted back an

frozen funds was to complet

gigs would unlock her escrowed money at a one-to-on

rs in gig pay, it would unlock two hundred

t out a

ons, but forced her to work at th

pp store and downloaded a lo

stered a

-paying job on the hom

er position at the Cl

start immediately. The d

cents meant unlocking two thous

itate. She hit t

screen, burning with a de