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Police sirens wailed two blocks away—either coincidence or an accomplice’s misdirection. Vinod shoved the driver through the open door and slammed it shut. He fired the van’s door with a remote and took off on a stolen moped, flash drive clenched at his chest. agent vinod vegamovies new
Silence on the other end, then a soft breath. “Agent,” Vang said finally. “We’ve had threats. But if this is public, they—” Vinod’s mind parsed: a heist planned to the