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Elena exhaled. She walked back to the currency exchange, heart still hammering. The same clerk raised an eyebrow.

Elena stared at the payment terminal at the airport currency exchange. The clerk slid her Visa card back across the counter with a bored look. “Try another card, ma’am.”

The screen blinked red.

Her phone buzzed. A text from her bank: “Suspicious activity detected. Your card has been temporarily blocked. Reply YES if you authorized a purchase for $3,847.21 in Singapore.”

Some locks, he thought, were only there to make you feel safe.

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