The grand hall shimmered with chandeliers, casting a golden glow over the rows of seated guests. They had gathered to celebrate my latest achievement—a breakthrough project that had already begun making waves. Before stepping onto the stage I said the crucial dialogue.
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"Uh, shoot, I forgot my laptop in my room, could I use yours?" My voice was low, but just loud enough to barely be heard over the buzz of voices.
Leon, seated in the front row, hesitated for a fraction of a second before handing me the sleek device. “Don’t mess with my files,” he joked, his tone light but his eyes cautious.
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“Anything else, Sir?” I replied with a laugh, plugging the laptop into the projector. The screen lit up behind me, revealing Leon’s desktop, neat and pristine.
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I opened Gmail, having the inauthentic intentoin to swith accounts. Its most recent email notification stood loud and proud: Funds transferred from Savings account—Confermation email.
I looked back at my brother sitting white faced in the front row. Now for the easy part manipulating the audience.
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I let tears fill up my eyes, "Leon, how- how could you?" Before he could give any sort of response I ran out of the ballroom, face in my hands, leaving him to deal with the manipulated audience.
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I ran up the stairs to my room locking it. Sure enough, a few minutes later I heard some light knocking. I had already decided that I would pretend that it was his fault even when we were alone, just in case he got any ideas.
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