Jide thought of Aisha's apartment, of the children who'd been injured by stray bullets during exchanges, of the projector humming in the night. Choices in Lagos were rarely clean. He reached into his pocket and felt the envelope's weight. Then he made his decision.

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“You watched the scene where he bypasses the firewall using the hotel’s smart TV,” the man said. “Three days later, you tried it yourself at the Eko Hotel. You got into their guest registry. You saw the names.”