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File #5:Final Audit

Chapter Forty

Chapter Forty-One

Chapter Forty-Two

Chapter Forty-Three

Chapter Forty-Four

Chapter Forty-Five

Chapter Forty-Six

Chapter Forty-Seven

Chapter Forty-Eight



Prologue
Checkout.

The shiny black plastic swipes through.

Nothing.

The machine fails in its habitual insectile chittering and the screen blinks, as if outraged at what it has
been fed. The checkout girl looks up at the woman who has handed her the card and smiles a little too
widely. ItтАЩs a smile that contains as much genuine emotion as there is fruit juice in a carton of Five Fruit
D-Lish.

тАШAre you sure you want to use this card?тАЩ

Up to her arms in bagged shopping, the woman sets down the two-year-old she has been propping
against the checkout flange and looks back to where her husband is still unloading the last of the brightly
coloured tins and bags from the trolley.

тАШMartin?тАЩ

тАШYeah, what?тАЩ Voice irritable with the household task theyтАЩve just completed.
тАШThe card doesnтАЩt. . .тАЩ

тАШDoesnтАЩt what?тАЩ He meets her eyes and reads the distress there, then switches to the checkout girl. His
voice comes out tight. тАШRun it again, please. Must have glitched.тАЩ

The girl shrugs and swipes the card a second time. The screen flickers with the same disdain.