Chapter 164: The Principal's Plea

"Jared Dove, so it was you." Jason Sowden let out a short, helpless laugh into the phone. "This number kept calling me every other day, and you called so often I thought it was some telemarketer." He had been swamped recently with that promotional video, single-mindedly chasing the promised five grand. He had turned down plenty of sales calls along the way, and this number had gotten rejected with the rest. "Jason," Jared asked, his voice strangely gentle, "how have you been? Are you getting used...