The Call of the Void

The Call of the Void- Chapter 18- Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom

When he walks back in the house, he finds Dan down in the basement googling crap like his life depended on it.

“I thought I told you to look for evidence we could use.”, Jordan demands. He's been on edge since Aleks' call on his way home; looking over his shoulder and expecting him to be right there at every turn. He's discovered Jordan's one secret by means that Jordan can't identify. He doesn't know if he let something slip or if there's records somewhere or anything. Even now, he looks over his shoulder because it wouldn't be the first time Aleks has broken into this house.

“I'm trying to look for a way out of this.”. Dan says, deleting his previous search and replacing it with something else. “Seamus” is his single word search.

“Dan, you do know there could be thousands of Seamuses in the world. What makes you think that searching for his first name will get us anywhere?”, Jordan takes a seat next to Dan, sliding his chair closer so he can see the screen.

“Well I put some filters in. We're mostly looking for some kind of lawyer. Seamus may be running some kind of illegal business, but he's going to need some kind of cover up operation to not look as suspicious. The best way to explain really professional lawyer like people like the ones he sent to us is have a law firm. So, I'm looking for Seamuses that are involved in law firms.”

“And if the Seamus we're looking for isn't involved in a law firm?”

“I've kept those options open as well. My criteria is basically low maintenance jobs that have high positions because it's pretty clear that Seamus is no grunt in whatever industry he's a part of. So running restaurants or small businesses is out; things of that nature. I've always filtered out personal profiles just to make the pool of searches smaller.”

“Wow, Dan.”, Jordan says, “You've outdone yourself.”

“I can't take all the credit.”, he meets Jordan's eyes with a slight twinkle of brilliance in his own, “You'd be surprised what a simple Google search can find you. Programs, people, fanfiction abut us. It's pretty great.”

Dan presses enter, the filters he's set up going to work, eventually giving him a list of 384 matches. Jordan grimaces at the number while Dan smiles. “It's a lot, but it's a start.” Dan stands as he says, “You take this computer. I'll do this same search only our computer and we'll split the work. You start from the first pages and work towards the middle and I'll do the same from the last.”

Jordan nods, sliding into Dan's chair and clicking on the first article.

The first article depicts the ribbon cutting of a new library in a small town in Iowa. The Seamus involved in that one is the mayor and has a wife and two sons. Jordan doubts it. Kids are high maintenance.

The second search depicts the story of a man named Seamus from London who has made himself a goal to swim across the Atlantic ocean starting tomorrow. Unlikely.

The third search depicts a man named Seamus and his wife who are living in Uganda and helping to deal with the contaminated water supply of a tiny little village. Impossible.