Exposure: (Virals 4) (Tory Brennan) by Kathy Reichs by Reichs Kathy

Author:Reichs, Kathy [Reichs, Kathy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult, Mystery, Science Fiction, Fantasy, thriller, Crime, Adventure, Paranormal, Romance
Amazon: B01K95F3DO
Goodreads: 130416620
Publisher: Arrow (Young)
Published: 2014-03-04T08:00:00+00:00

Call logs and text messages for the last six months. Enjoy! V

Attached was an eighty-page PDF.

Ben returned to the chat. “You guys get the email?”

“Yep.” Shelton was skimming on his monitor. “This might take a while.”

“True,” Hi said, “but check out last weekend. Gable made thirty calls to a private number.”

“Thirty?” I skipped ahead to the dates in question.

Something occurred to me. I quickly scanned the rest of the call logs.

“Rex Gable never called that number on any other day,” I said. “Before or since. At least, not in the last six months.”

“Suspicious,” Shelton agreed, “but not proof. Maybe his car broke down somewhere, and he was talking to a mechanic. There are lots of reason why a cluster of calls might appear.”

“You’re right.” I rubbed my eyes, unsure what to do next.

Then a fifth box opened on my monitor.

Eddie Chang smiled at me from his mega-desk.

“Greetings, friends!” Chang was munching on a Twizzler. “Mind if I cut in?”

“How the frick!?!” Shelton sputtered.

“This chat group is totally private,” Hi fumed. “You can’t join without an invite!”

Even Ben looked startled.

“Guys,” Chang said breezily, “I just delivered a stranger’s phone records in less than ten minutes. You think hijacking a dinky little video chat was much trouble?”

Okay. Fair point.

“What can we help you with, Variance?” I asked, as politely as possible. Acquiring a computer-hacker enemy was not on my bucket list.

“Actually, I’m here to help you. I did some more digging into that file tree we found.”

“How?” Shelton squawked. “We took the flash drive home with us.”

“Yeah, I copied your data stick. Sorry, it’s what hackers do. Don’t stress, though, I found the decoded files super-boring—I couldn’t care less about veterinary medicine. But that ghost tree is cutting edge. I had to see if I could crack those B-Series files.”

My blood ran cold. Chang had read Karsten’s files. Could we trust him?

Stay calm. Nothing in those records ties back to us.

“Well?” Voice level. “Did you?”

“Not even close. There’s no way around it—in order to read those files, you’ll have to physically connect to their home server. I’m bummed, too.”

“Well, thanks for trying,” Hi said. “Even though you lied to us, and we asked you not to.”

“No problem. I did manage to locate the server, however.”

I sat straighter in my chair. “And you’ll tell us where?”

“Take this freebee as my apology.” Chang drum-rolled his fingers. “The B-Series files . . . are physically housed . . . on a server at . . . the South Carolina Aquarium!”

An actual rimshot played on my speakers.

“The aquarium?” Ben looked as confused as I felt.

Chang shrugged. “I’m a hundred percent certain, hombres. The server in question is leased to the freaking aquarium. But get this, the hardware is licensed to another entity. A Big Pharma outfit. Who knew drug manufacturers are bankrolling all the little fishies?”

My heart dropped. “You have a name?”

Chang tapped a button. A logo appeared on my screen.

“Candela Pharmaceuticals. Sounds incredibly boring. Peace out!”

Chang’s grinning visage blinked from my screen.

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