He didn’t play it. He dragged the entire 22.4 GB folder to the recycle bin and hit delete. The progress bar crawled. 10%... 30%... 70%... 90%... Error: “File in use by another program.”

Leo yanked off his headphones. His bedroom was silent again. The PC fans hummed. His cat, Mochi, was staring at the closet door—not the usual lazy blink, but a rigid, ears-back stare.

It was him. Breathing. A faint rustle of sheets. Then, a second sound—someone else’s footsteps, soft, deliberate, moving across his bedroom floor in the recording. The footsteps stopped right next to the microphone’s position. Then a whisper, barely audible:

“You didn’t pay for this.”

Then he found the folder that didn’t belong: “Extras_ClientData.” Inside was a single audio file, dated the day before he downloaded the library.