Nancy blinked. "Um… yes?"

Scott chuckled. "Then you really didn't have anything to worry about."

"Why not?"

"I already knew."

"How?" Nancy asked incredulously.

He smirked. "I do look into the people I hire, you know. I found out a lot about you before you even arrived, Miss Nancy Drew."

Nancy bit her lip. "From who?" Though she wasn't really sure she wanted to know.

"Beatrice Hotchkiss, Chantal Moique, Joanna Riggs, Kyler Malloy..."

Her eyes widened. "You really talked to them all about me?"

He nodded. "Of course. And there was one other one…"

"Who?" she asked nervously.

"Carson Drew."