Rain rattled against the Venetian blinds of Eden Lin's temporary office—an unmarked suite in a downtown co‑working building. Storm clouds churned over Harbor City as she stared at her laptop's flickering screen. Quinn sat beside her, illuminated by code cascading like rainfall in the dim light.
“Here," Quinn said, sliding a USB drive across the desk. “I intercepted the Hart Biomedical archive logs. They're heavily encrypted, but I've isolated a red‑flag entry."
Eden took the drive, heart pounding. “Show me."
Quinn opened a terminal window. Lines of XML scrolled:
```
[2023-11-04 02:17 UTC] Record: Fetus viable — transferred to pediatric unit
[Stamp: HART FOUNDATION LETTERHEAD]
```
Eden's breath caught. “Transferred…to a pediatric unit." She scrolled. “Which one?"
Quinn tapped a sec
