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“Jake? Jake! Take a look at this.” Val suddenly burst out and wavered me over to her with frantic arms. I was slightly perplexed but did as she said. She had a document open on the screen. I leaned in over her shoulder to read. I got more and more shocked and confused the more I read.

Where the fuck did this come from?

When I read the note from my dad at the bottom of the document, it was like a knife stabbed my heart and got twisted around. “Where did you find this?” I demanded, but even my voice was affected by the shock.

“It-it was in a locked folder. I finally cracked the password.” She explained.

It made less and less sense. A locked folder? “Seriously?” I asked her, and she just nodded. I felt something replace the shock. It started pounding in my veins. Started in my heart, that still felt stabbed and twisted, and slowly spread throughout my whole body.

“This is… gold!” She exclaimed.

No, this is a betrayal. Why would he keep th