to stealing corporate property, you will surrender all claims to Dr. Mercer's secondary trust, and in exchange, we won't press felony grand larceny charges that would put you in state prison for seven years."
Attorney Croft slid a single-page document and a silver ballpoint pen across the metal table.
"Sign it," Croft said quietly. "You have five minutes before we bring the precinct detectives downstairs."
Cricket looked down at the white paper. Then she looked up at the corner of the small holding room.
Mounted right above the steel door frame was a matte-black dome camera, its red recording indicator blinking steadily.
"You really love yelling under cameras, don't you, Victoria?" Cricket asked with a subtle, calm smile.
Act III: The Digital Trap
Chapter 5: The Override
Victoria glanced up at the corner camera, then back at Cricket with pure contempt.
"That camera feeds into the mallโs local NVR system, which is owned by Vance Development Group," Victoria said smugly. "My IT department will wipe that footage before the sun sets."
"They won't," Cricket said softly.
She reached into her mint-green shirt pocket, pulled out a small, metallic USB key disguised as a hair clip, and tapped it twice against the side of the metal table.