BELLA
“Here's the deal. I know we just met each other, and that things moved pretty quickly between us. You were told I could help your employer nab a criminal, my dad, and yes, I have the skills to do just that—if he were a criminal. But I swear to you on all that is holy that I have never committed a cybercrime in my life nor has my father. My Papa raised me right. I became an ethical hacker, like him. His only crime was discovering dirty secrets about the people that hired you."
“Every thief is a troublemaker, Bella. Natural nuisances. Unfortunately for you, you’re a problem I’ve been hired to solve.”
Well, that didn’t sound like someone who was ready to believe in my innocence. I lowered my eyes and slammed my rainbow striped foot on the carpet.
“Did you just stomp your foot?" he a
