Leo’s mouse hovered over the icon. His finger trembled. He realized why the jittery man had sold it for fifty bucks. Some things are cheaper to get rid of than they are to keep.
"Don't connect it to the Wi-Fi," the man whispered. "Just... look at the desktop."
It was a screenshot of a winning ticket, but the date on the file was from three years ago. He checked the archives. The laptop didn't predict the future; it recorded it—but only for the person who owned the machine.