“No worries. See you later?”
“Sure thing.”
Denver ambles back to Zach's side and, with a wave, they leave us with our uncle. Until Callan pops up like an eager meerkat on the hunt for, well, whatever meerkats hunt.
“Hi there. I’m Callan Korhonen!”
Huh.
How do I know that last name?
In a remarkably similar way to Uncle C, he shoves his glasses up his nose. “Shay and Victoria seemed to imply that your resources were better than BDSec’s. Are they right?”
Conor straightens. “I think we do pretty well on our own over here.”
“Would you be able to help me doxx Dyers?”
“Doxxing? Seems rather middle of the road, wouldn’t you say?”
“Oh. Definitely.” Callan beams at him like the nutty nerd I’ve come to learn he is. In the past twenty minutes, he’s managed to out himself entirely. “That’s phase one.”
“Phase one?” Conor’s eyes narrow with interest. “How many phases are you thinking of?”
“At least eight. But that’s what I’ve come up with since this whole thing came to light.”
“Which was when?”
“A couple days ago,” I say dryly.
“Eight. Interesting. And this is on top of Denver’s twenty-two-phase plan?”
“Sure is!” Callan chirps.
Conor’s expression doesn’t change, but he seems to be reading both Shay’s and mine. Whatever he sees convinces him. Rubbing his chin, he prompts, “Okay, want to tell me what you have planned?”
“Doxxing might be difficult because he lives in a frat house. Accessing his social security number is proving to be a chore.”
“Consider it done.”
“My concern is that the backlash from being doxxed would affect the frat house as a whole and not Dyers. I think we can agree that he deserves worse than that, sir?”
“Do you always sound so chirpy when you’re destroying people’s lives, Mr. Korhonen?”
“Call me Callan, sir. And yes. He hurt my friend.”
“That’s some loyalty.”
“Well, it helps that he’s scum who deserves to be rotting in a jail cell.”
“Interesting. I’m Conor.”
“Pleasure to meet you!”
“Likewise. So, game plan?”
“Him taking drugs. That’s a bigger issue than at first glance.”
“Hell, yes, it is,” Conor mutters. “Especially if he’s talked his way out of being expelled?—”
