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"Earlcrest College," Cooper says "Chris went there for undergrad"

"What are you talking about, Cooper?" I wish the Indian food would hurry up and co "And how do you even knohere Chris went?"

Cooper shrugs his broad shoulders "SIS" he says

"SOS?" I echo, confused

"No, SIS Student Inforhs "Ah, yes How could I forget? You’re computer illiterate"

"I am not! I surf the Net all the time I do all your bills--"

"But your office is still antiquated SIS hasn’t been extended to the dormitory director’s offices yet"

"Residence hall," I correct him, automatically

"Residence hall," he says Cooper is a flurry of activity He’s striking keys on the couitar "Here, look I’ SIS now to show you what I ton Okay" Cooper turns the screen to face ton, Christopher Phillip Take a look"

I peer at the tiny ton’s entire acade with a lot of other personal information, like his LSAT scores and his course schedule and stuff Chris, it turns out, has been through a lot of prep schools He’d been thrown out of one in Switzerland for cheating, and another one in Connecticut, reason for expulsion unspecified But he had still o, which I’ve heard is quite selective I wonder what strings his dad had pulled to help him out there

But Chris’s sojourn in the Windy City didn’t last long He’d dropped out after only a single seood four years, as a matter of fact

Then suddenly he’d shown up at Earlcrest College, froraduated last year somewhat older than the rest of his class, but with a BA, just the sae," I say "That’s where his dad used to be president Before he got hired at New York College"

"Ah, nepotisrin "As alive and well in the halls of acadeot kicked out of a few places as a kid, and could only get into a college his dad’s president of What does that prove? Not that he’s a psychopathicfor Chris’s innocence now Is hisas a murderer? "And how did you access his file, anyway? Isn’t it supposed to be private?"

"I havethe computer screen back in his own direction

"Oh my God" Is there no end to this man’s fabulousness? "You hacked into the student system!"