Sleep refused to come.
I lay awake beside the bedroom window, watching the rain slide down the glass.
Somewhere out there...
Someone had the missing letter.
Someone who wasn't Eleanor.
Someone who had waited five years before making a move.
That thought frightened me more than I wanted to admit.
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The next morning, I arrived at TechEdge earlier than usual.
The building was still quiet.
Only a handful of employees had arrived.
Claire followed me into my office carrying a tablet.
"You have three meeting requests, two investor calls, and one problem."
I looked up.
"Only one?"
She smiled faintly.
"So far."
She placed the tablet on my desk.
"Someone has been trying to access our archived server."
My expression hardened.
"Was it successful?"
"No."
"Our cybersecurity team
