The rain hadn’t stopped for three days. Not the gentle coastal drizzle the locals joked about, but a hard, slanting downpour that turned the IJsselmeer into a slab of hammered lead. Inside the cramped office of Vaarbewijs4all, the world had shrunk to the glow of two monitors and the ticking of a radiator that hadn't worked since the '90s.
Finn grabbed his coat, Lars’s photo, and a thumb drive with every transaction, every client, every backdoor he’d ever built. Outside, the rain had finally stopped. The IJsselmeer was still as glass. Vaarbewijs4all
“Take the real exam next week,” Finn said. “You might surprise yourself.” The rain hadn’t stopped for three days
Or stop.
Not the exam feed—the storage unit’s security camera. He had four cameras hidden in the fake ceiling tiles, watching the proctors who watched the candidates. But now the feed showed something else: a woman in a dark raincoat, standing exactly where Finn was supposed to be alone. Finn grabbed his coat, Lars’s photo, and a
“Someone who knows that a man who cheats for a living still has a conscience. Prove me right, captain. Or prove me wrong—but I promise, your son’s school fees won’t be your biggest problem tomorrow.”
The rain hadn’t stopped for three days. Not the gentle coastal drizzle the locals joked about, but a hard, slanting downpour that turned the IJsselmeer into a slab of hammered lead. Inside the cramped office of Vaarbewijs4all, the world had shrunk to the glow of two monitors and the ticking of a radiator that hadn't worked since the '90s.
Finn grabbed his coat, Lars’s photo, and a thumb drive with every transaction, every client, every backdoor he’d ever built. Outside, the rain had finally stopped. The IJsselmeer was still as glass.
“Take the real exam next week,” Finn said. “You might surprise yourself.”
Or stop.
Not the exam feed—the storage unit’s security camera. He had four cameras hidden in the fake ceiling tiles, watching the proctors who watched the candidates. But now the feed showed something else: a woman in a dark raincoat, standing exactly where Finn was supposed to be alone.
“Someone who knows that a man who cheats for a living still has a conscience. Prove me right, captain. Or prove me wrong—but I promise, your son’s school fees won’t be your biggest problem tomorrow.”