He pressed 5.

“Yes?”

Victor hung up. He waited exactly five minutes, then tapped his card at the pump.

He tapped it once, watched it turn green, and whispered to himself, “Ten seconds.”

Another voice, more human this time, came on the line. “Mr. Delgado, your card was blocked due to a suspicious login attempt from a device in another state. For your protection.”

The agent, a calm woman named Elena, didn’t flinch. “I can unblock it, sir. But first, I need to verify three things.”