suuuper late reply but probably, rich parents, slept his way through, sold hella drugs and made connections or connections made in juvie, 8 years in jail is really long time and assuming from he arrogant he was in the beginning in the car he probably already had a plan if things went wrong and he gets arrested, js my guess tho!
i dont even remember the context anymore
time to reread
theres alot u can do even when ure behind bars,, u can even reach info from outside if ure that powerful afaik (i presume he's alr deadass wealthy and worked his way through while at prison)
i really love this but theres one big plot hole how did a kid who went to jail at 16 start a high classed criminal busines right after getting out of jail hmmm just dont add up