Conspiracy 365 October Author:Gabrielle Lord Callum "Cal" Ormond flees through the desert with two bounty hunters and their dog behind him. He makes his way back to the city and to Winter's apartment. Cal shows Winter and Boges the message, SDB 291245, that Kelvin wrote on his ankle with a permanent marker. None of them know what it means. — Nelson Sharkey convinces the ... more »kids that they need to find out what Sheldrake Rathbone, the lawyer, is up to. Rathbone is involved with the Ormond Singularity, but no one knows what the lawyer is really about. The kids decide to spy on Rathbone and end up catching him burying money in his backyard. After taking a couple of pictures, Cal and Winter flee the scene.
Cal calls Rathbone and blackmails him into giving him Piers Ormond's will for the pictures they took. Meeting in the Crookwood Cemetery, Rathbone hands over the will. When Cal and his friends review the will, they realize that it is hard to read because of all the legal jibber jabber.
Later, Cal runs into Repro and helps him move his stuff into his new home, in a cave. Repro spots the writing on Cal's ankle and tells him that the letters stands for "Safe Deposit Box" at Zürich Bank. They figure that the numbers are the pin numbers to get into the vault. Having already collected a fingerprint from Oriana de la Force, Boges creates a rubber sleeve that will slide over Winters finger so they can fool the scanner in the bank with a fake fingerprint.
Convinced that Oriana de la Force has the Ormond Jewel and the Ormond Riddle, Winter disguises herself to look like Oriana de la Force and Boges disguises himself to look like Sumo. They make their way into Zürich Bank and have the items when the real Oriana de la Force and Sumo enter the bank. Barely escaping from the bank without being seen, Cal is disappointed when they discover the the Jewel and Riddle are fakes. Cal figures that Sligo must have the real items.
Sligo is throwing a party and Cal convinces Winter they they must somehow find out the truth. Time is running out and Cal needs to solve the mystery of the Ormond Singularity in the next two months, or all will be lost.« less