She eased into the chair. Michael saw no point in it, but he knew better than to refuse her requests.

He handed the newspaper to Ben. “Make it happen.”

Ben nodded but paused at the door..

Debra looked up, asking, “Didn’t I tell you to contact them? Why are you still here?”

Ben held up the newspaper, pointing at a gaudy square in the bottom left corner. A cartoon Batman glared out, surrounded by decorative borders. The line went like this: “Bringing justice to the world! Add me on WhatsApp via the QR code below and submit your articles. P.S.: I’m the owner of New Age.”

Debra blinked, momentarily speechless. In this day and age, this was either genius or

madness.

and scanned the code. Up popped a profile, Batman staring back at her. She shook her head, half–expecting to hear a dramatic “I am

sent a friend request, and moments later, it was

Batman: [Who is this?]

to submit a

You can start.]

excited emoji followed, ready for

talk in person. I’m near

answer, but there was no response. She sent a follow–up question

Ben commented, “It

withering look, and he zipped

men. I’m going to their office,” she

of security guards. They piled into vans,

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