“She hid it right under their very noses,” Richard said.

“She knew he’d never think to look in the laundry room,” Sarah said.

Sarah brought up a second screen showing the encrypted defense logs that matched the serial numbers on the flash drive.

“The task force has been hunting for these particular shell company payment ledgers for nine months,” Sarah said.

Richard kept his eyes on the left monitor, watching the tech’s hands working beneath the lamp.

“He thought he’d destroyed every physical copy,” Richard said.