Summa Cum Liar: Haverwood College, Book 4 by Ali Franklin

Author:Ali Franklin [Franklin, Ali]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BL Kamm
Published: 2018-07-05T16:00:00+00:00

10

At eleven o’clock the next morning, Ryan, Nicki and Kyle sat at the big conference table in Oscar’s office. They were joined by Jack Prieto and his chief cyber detective, Zachary Isaac, whose team was lending a hand with the IT efforts.

The president stood next to the table, his gaze focused on Nicki. “I’m glad to hear you’re attacking this problem from so many fronts. How long until you identify the Paladin?”

The chief described the additional steps the teams were taking to ferret out clues from each of the Paladin’s communications. But with each admission that they were no closer to an answer, Oscar’s face grew a deeper red.

Finally, Nicki came to the end of her list. Jack added a few words about the Sheriff’s department’s commitment to the case.

The room was silent while Oscar contemplated his next words. Then the college employees heard chirping sounds from their phones.

Oscar balled a fist on the table. “What now?”

Everyone looked at their screens. Jack and Zack each leaned toward a college employee so they could see the message.

It began with a blank text window with a tiny dot in the center. Over the next few seconds, the dot grew into a picture of a shield and sword.

“Oh no—we didn’t catch it,” said Kyle, dropping his head to his hands.

On screen, the shield turned into a piece of paper and the sword grew into a pen. It slowly scrawled the words:

The Paladin speaks…

NOW

“He’s going to release something,” breathed Ryan.

They stared at their phones, waiting for the message. Nothing came, and still nothing came. They all looked at each other.

Ryan’s phone beeped again. It was a text from Teddy:

Did you get the email?

“It’s an email,” said Ryan, tapping her screen to switch apps. There it was, right at the top of her inbox. The subject line read:

The sins of Dr. Faith Cho

The little group read the email in silence. The message detailed two affairs Faith had taken part in over the past three years. One was with a man and one was with a woman. Both were undergraduate students, and both at least eighteen years old. The message provided multiple dates and times when Faith and the students spent the night together in hotels.

The email also claimed that another student was willing to testify that Faith provided him with psychedelic drugs one night at a Dallas nightclub. The professor had allegedly tried to convince the student to have sex with her, but the student had declined.

The final accusation appeared at the bottom of the message:

Faith Cho had an abortion at the CityFirst Clinic on August 8 of last year.

Ryan felt a sharp pain in her chest. This message laid bare the deepest secrets of a person she knew and cared for. She ached for Faith and the betrayal the professor must be feeling.

☐ ☐ ☐

In her office, Faith turned the second rum bottle upside-down over her tongue again, hoping for one more drop. There was nothing.

She’d examined her options throughout the previous day. She slept in her office, not wanting to go home to her empty house.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.