Security Upgrades

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The power drill was my alarm clock. I woke up to a high-pitched whine vibrating through the door frame. I didn't check the time; I knew it was early because the light hitting the Pacific outside my window was still a sickly, bruised purple. I threw on a robe and pulled the door open, nearly hitting a man in a gray work shirt. Harris, Marcus’s head of security, was standing in the hall with a tablet. Two workers were crouched at my feet, screwing a heavy-duty electronic keypad into the mahogany frame. Above them, a black dome camera was already mounted, its red "power" light staring at me like an unblinking eye. "What is this?" I asked. My voice was thick with sleep, but the adrenaline was already clearing it. "Security upgrade," Harris said. He didn't look up from his tablet. "Per Mr.

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