Lena was already buried under the shards of trust among them that had shattered when the encrypted signal was traced to her device. James stood rooted to the spot, his piercing gaze fixed on Lena.
Lena’s breath was unsteady. “I swear on my life I did not send that signal.”
Sarah hovered her fingers over her laptop, brows knitted. “So then how do you explain this?” She pulled the screen to face them and showed the trace coming straight back to Lena’s access point.
Nathan exhaled sharply. “Someone hacked her device or she’s lying.
Lena’s fists clenched. “You actually believe that I would snitch on all of you after all that we’ve been through?”
James was left speechless, the wheels within his mind spinning. He had waged war with Lena, trusted his life to her, but facts were facts.
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