Chapter 4

His face twitched. "Is that your husband and your friend?"

"Yes," I replied.

He watched the whole video, staying silent for ages.

Finally, he picked up the design sheet and the note again.

"Materials, labor, and the hush money. Altogether 150 thousand dollars," he said.

That was almost all I had.

"Deal," I said without a second thought.

"Meet me here again a week later," he said, closing the box. "Once I hand it over, we're square. Whatever happens after that, it has nothing to do with me."

"Okay," I replied.

As I walked out of the factory, the sunlight…