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ington to see their problem child married off. Max's parents, his sister, Kimi's family, and scores of friends and extended family showed up for the ceremony. Max wore a tuxedo and a broad grin, and Kimi glowed in her white wedding dress and veil. Surrounded by family and beloved friends, they were a picture-perfect young couple beginning a life together.

They posed outside: Kimi's father, a military man, stood proudly in his dress uniform, her mother in a traditional Korean hanbok. Flanked by his own parents, Max beamed at the camera, while storm clouds gathered overhead in the Pacific Northwest sky.

It was three years almost to the day since Max walked out of prison, and he had everything now—a devoted wife, a promising career as a white-hat hacker, a nice home. In just a few weeks, he'd throw it all away.