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So if it were an enemy of one of the owners, that was a whole different can of worms. He asked, “How few?”
“Like a handful.”
“And you’re sure Reggie isn’t one of them?”
“Like I said, I’ve never heard of him.”
“Who would be on your list then?” Kendall could maybe recognize one of the names. Perhaps someone had been at their park or an enemy of one of the several owners might be trying to get insider information. Or worse. Maybe Reggie hired them. His heart rate increased again.
“There’s a guy named Ben, another named Roger, maybe Carter could do it, oh, and then there’s Jocelyn, just to name the few elite off the top of my head.”
Kendall felt like a stake had just jammed through his chest. He breathed in slowly around the figurative pain near his heart, and then exhaled. “Jocelyn?” he managed to ask.
“Yes. Jocelyn. Don’t be so narrow-minded. Girls can do things. In fact, they often have better skills than men. And they aren’t as prideful about it either.”
“I’m not prejudiced.” Kendall’s mind raced with uncomfortable possibilities. “So…this Jocelyn has the skills to hack our private compound computer and not leave a trail?”
“Yes. Why? Do you know her?”
Kendall tried to scoff, but didn’t have his heart or soul in it. “How could I know her?”
“Well, I don’t know, Kendall, but you sound like a stick just suddenly jammed up your ass when I merely mentioned her name.”
“The name Jocelyn is simply an unusual one.” Kendall knew he sounded like the biggest idiot on the planet and even he wouldn’t buy the explanation. But hearing Jocelyn’s name, and the real possibility that she’d been the one to hack their system not once but twice, put his heart and head in an unusual place. Off-balance.
“Yes, it is. And from what little I know of her, she’s also a very talented computer security consultant.”
“Can you get in contact with her?”
“Maybe, why would I do that?”
“To find out if she’s the one who hacked my system.” And I really want to see her again.
Clay laughed mirthlessly. “Kendall, she’s not a criminal. She’s a private computer security consultant who has mad skills. I said that she had the skills, not that she’s complicit.”
“So can you get in touch with her or not?” He didn’t mean to sound ill-tempered, but likely didn’t carry it off.
“I can. But I won’t.”
“Why not?” Petulance rolled down his body in giant waves before he could curb his tone.
Clay completely ignored him. “Tell you what I will do. Since I don’t have any proof it was Jocelyn. I’ll remote access your system and look around to see if I can figure out who did actually hack you. Then we can talk again.”
“Wait.”
“For what?”
“Okay, jackass, I do know a Jocelyn. I do not happen to know what her occupation is. She might possibly have been able to access my computer system last week. I don’t know about three weeks ago.”
“Who is she to you?”
“Someone I met a week ago. What difference does that make?”
“Did you two part on bad terms or something?”
“No. Not exactly.”
“What exactly?”
“Nothing you need to concern yourself with, Clay.”
“So that means it’s personal. And you do want me to contact her and set up a date for the two of you? Is that more what you had in mind, bro?”
Kendall pushed out a breath to keep from jumping for joy and asking his brother to do exactly that. “Sort of. The fact is, I do not have any other way to contact her. Therefore, I do not want you to call her out of the blue and accuse her of anything. You said it yourself, she may not even be involved. But either way I’d like to talk to her.”
“Come on. Give me more credit than that. I won’t accuse anyone without finding out who actually did it.”
“Good. Thank you.”
“But just so you know, regardless of her participation or not, I’m also not turning over her contact information without asking her permission first, not even for you. Are we clear on that point?”
