Chapter 1026
There was only this one video in the cryptic file. Bruce had kept it encrypted, probably fearing his wife
might stumble upon it.
Thssa had especially warned Atticus not to click on it. She feared that the contents might scare the
boy and be detrimental to his development.
She had endured so much, for so long, and now she could finally delete the video that Bruce had been
using to threaten her.
At this moment, Thssa was a whirlwind of emotions — excited, anxious, and on the brink of tears.
No one could understand what she was feeling, and no one knew what she had been through all this
time.
Atticus, ever the obedient kid, hovered the mouse over the video and opted to delete it without a
second nce.
The screen blinked as the video vanished, leaving an empty space in the file directory.
Thssa heaved a sigh of relief but only for her nerves to tense up again. She turned to Atticus and
asked, “Is itpletely and permanently deleted? Like, gone forever with no chance of recovery by any
means?”
She had deleted the video from Bruce''s phone with great difficulty; but if Bruce managed to restore it,
there was no telling how far he might go next time.
Atticus nodded seriously, his lovely, profound eyes locking with hers as he said, “Don’t worry, Mom. It’s
gone for good. No one can bring it back. It’s impossible to recover.”
“That’s a relief. Time to hack into theputer then.” Thssa said, snapping back to reality and
focusing on Atticus’ tablet screen.
During herst visit to Bruce''s ce, she had covertly memorized the Wi-Fi password and screenshot
thework name when Bruce had logged in.
With the Wi-Fi name and password, Atticus quickly deployed his impressive hacking skills to breach
Bruce''s familywork.
That day, Thssa hadn''t had the chance to check which model ofputer Bruce used, but there
were only two in Bruce''s vi.
They’d go one by one.
The firstputer they essed was filled with makeup tutorials and fashion vlogs, likely belonging to
Susan.
Atticus rifled through the files rapidly, with Thssa watching over his shoulder. Nothing seemed out of
ce.
All text ? N?velD(r)a''ma.Org.
Despite his young age, Atticus'' decisiveness was remarkable. “It''s not this one. It''s the otherputer.
I''ll remotely ess that one right away.”
“Thank you, Atticus. You''re doing great.” Thssa said. Her brows knitted with concern, and her voice
tinged with urgency.
The stakes were high, and she wished she could delete thepromising files from Bruce''sputer
in the blink of an eye to rid herself of the looming threat.
Atticus could sense his mother’s anxiety and didn''t miss a beat. His small fingers flew across the
keyboard, and there was one more program away from essing Bruce''sputer.
Suddenly, the letters on the screen started to cascade downwards, showing an unexpected glitch.
Thssa’s breath caught at the sight of the uncontroble screen. Her pupils dted as she asked,
“What’s happening?”
A tiny bead of sweat trickled down Atticus’ little cheek. He didn’t bother wiping it away. His focus fixed
on the screen as his hands worked to rectify the situation.
“Someone’s manually booted up theputer, so I can''t use remote ess from here. But I can hack
into Bruce''s family surveince to see who’s at theputer.” Atticus exined, his attention never
wavering from his task.
Having infiltrated Bruce''swork, Atticus had a clear view of the connected devices — two desktops,
three surveince cameras, and three mobile phones.
Although he wasn''t sure where the cameras were positioned, he could hack into them and check their
coverage.
With a few rapid keystrokes, the surveince feeds popped up on theputer screen.
The disy split into four, showing different angles. Three feeds were empty, but one showed Bruce
sitting in front of aputer, clicking away with his mouse.
Atticus clicked and erged this particr feed.