I LEFT MY LAPTOP IN THE CAR FOR TEN MINUTES—AND LOST WAY MORE THAN THAT

I LEFT MY LAPTOP IN THE CAR FOR TEN MINUTES—AND LOST WAY MORE THAN THAT

I parked right in front of the coffee shop. Broad daylight, busy street, people walking by nonstop. I figured, Ten minutes. I’ll be in and out.

My laptop bag was on the passenger seat. I usually throw a jacket over it, but this time… I didn’t.

By the time I came out, the driver-side window was shattered. Glass everywhere. On the seat, on the floor, inside the damn cup holders. I just stood there, heart pounding, holding my iced coffee like an idiot.

The laptop was gone.

At first, I was just mad—like furious, sweaty, curse-out-loud mad. Then it hit me: that laptop wasn’t just work.

It had everything.

Old journals. Personal notes. A scanned folder labeled “Taxes & Custody.” A half-written email draft to my lawyer that I hadn’t sent yet.

And something else—something I shouldn’t have saved, but did.

A PDF of court transcripts. From a case I wasn’t even supposed to have access to.

The same case involving someone I thought I’d left behind years ago.

I looked around, hoping maybe someone had seen something. But the people nearby just kept walking. A few glanced over, but no one stopped.

Then a woman in scrubs passed by, did a double take, and froze.

“You drive a white Kia?” she asked slowly.

I nodded.

Her face changed. “I think… I saw the guy who took it.”

Before I could ask anything else, she added—

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