Jacob's brain blanked out, leaving only a dull hum as soon as Walker mentioned 'Professor Hall'.

Already feeling nervous in the first place, he quickly said, "Okay, okay—I got it. Anyway, I'm hanging up if there's nothing else!"

With that, he promptly pressed the button to hang up.

Nonetheless, Elaine was soon asking in curiosity, "Who's Professor Hall?"

If Jacob had any semblance of composure, he would have said 'a colleague at Senior University' as if it was perfectly natural, and the matt