“No private messages on a giant screen?”

“Please don’t make me beg.”

For the first time that day, I smiled.

PART 5 — JULIAN’S LAPTOP

I did not hack Julian’s computer.

I did not need to.

We had a shared home office.

The household laptop synced certain messages because Julian had once connected his account to it.

That afternoon a notification appeared.

I saw only the preview.