Chapter 9

“Okay, we’ll make this easy and use you as the subject. To begin with, what’s your full name and date of birth?”

“Joseph Mark…umm…” Joe chewed his lip.

Derek shot him a look. “This won’t work if you don’t tell me your last name. I promise it goes no further than this.”

“Okay, I guess. Lawson. I was born December second, 1999.”

“All right.” Derek opened a website and entered the information. “The first step is seeing if you’ve got a criminal record.”

“Is that one of those people search sites?” Joe asked.

“No. As far as I’m concerned most of them are iffy at best, and costly. I go right to the source. This is one of several national databases. You didn’t make their list, which is good. Now, where did you grow up?” Joe told him and Derek went into the county records. “Not even a traffic violation.”

“I told you I only had my learner’s permit.”

Derek nodded, and went into the records for the city. “You’re clear here, too.”