Chapter 17
Crossing
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Chapter 17: "Crossing"
The courier arrived at 5:58 AM.
Two minutes early. Lin noticed that kind of thing—she filed it away with the quiet approval she reserved for people who respected timelines. He was young. Mid-twenties, Latino, wearing a FedEx uniform that looked genuine enough to fool anyone who wasn't specifically checking serial numbers on employee badges. He handed her a padded envelope, accepted a folded hundred-dollar bill, and disappeared back into the elevator without a word. Eleven seconds. The whole exchange took eleven seconds.