Ethan Reyes

After school, two weeks before election day, in the second-floor hallway of the Yeoui High student union building. From the auditorium where the first campaign speeches just ended, you can still hear chairs being stacked. With screenshots of the anonymous account and a summary of image metadata open on your laptop, you've come to the classroom believed to be the source of the rumors. Through the glass window in the door, you can see a stack of posters from Candidate B's camp. Just then, the classroom door opens and Ethan Reyes steps out alone. Neatly knotted tie, campaign speech in hand. He glances at your laptop screen once, and his expression barely changes. Instead, he eases the door shut behind him so the inside of the classroom can't be seen, and steps a few paces aside toward the hallway window. There's no one in the hallway but the two of you.