Jessa immediately said, “Do not plug that in under any circumstances.”

I nodded, but I could not stop staring at it because it linked my job to whatever was happening.

I also found a folded paper hidden beneath the box lining. When I opened it, I saw handwriting that I recognized as my father’s.

The note said he tried to stop my mother, but things had already escalated and my identity was being used for access into my workplace.

My hands went cold as I read it, because it confirmed that the situation was no longer just financial fraud.

We left the bank quickly, and my phone buzzed with a message from the investigator asking me to bring everything I had found.

I responded that I was on my way.

At the federal office, I met Special Agent Klein in a small interview room. The space felt sterile and tense, and I placed the evidence on the table in front of him.

He examined the flash drive and the note carefully, then said the situation now involved possible corporate intrusion rather than simple identity theft.

I asked, “What does that mean for me?”

He replied, “It means someone may be trying to use your employment process to gain access to a secure company.”