EliI sat cross-legged on Maya’s bed with my laptop balanced on my knees, the soft glow of the screen reflecting off tired eyes. Outside, rain tapped lightly against the window.“So,” Maya said, spinning slowly in her chair, “if someone tipped off the ethics board, they had to know what they were doing.I nodded. “Or at least know enough to sound convincing.We started off by searching for Carter on the internet, whatever we could find, his school days, the opening of his firm, and when he started working at the university. Just anything we could find.“The year he opened his firm too” Maya typed while I talked.“Son of respected Billionaire lawyer, Carter Vale, launches his very own law firm today” Maya read aloud. “Big law firm, Old family, Good reputation. Our very own Professor Vale has zero scandals on the internet. Well, yet. But seriously, no lawsuits, or messy fights, or even divorces”“That‘s what makes it so weird” I said quietly. “People don’t just wake up and decide to rui
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