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.He came home at the same time.I don’t remember him lying about it.”“He may not have needed to,” Mr.Blackbourne said.“If you didn’t ask, he didn’t have to tell.I thought you knew he only had two classes.”“We showed you the transcripts, didn’t we?” Axel asked.“Didn’t Corey show you?”I nodded slowly, remembering.“I did look at them, but I don’t remember this.I must have overlooked it when I saw it.They were hard to read.” I recalled the screen Corey had shown me.The list of classes showed them all together, going back to his freshman year.I didn’t look at the dates.I thought maybe he was in some advanced courses, but he’d never said anything about the computer classes and I was wondering how I missed that.Apparently I missed more than I thought.“Where does he go?” Axel asked.“Does anyone see him after school?”“We didn’t approach him, like we were asked,” Mr.Blackbourne said.“He’s been spotted once or twice by our team here, usually just going through the hallways.There’s one member of my team he’s friendly with, but he’s not talked to her in a few days.”“Her?” I asked.“He mentioned there was a girl who I thought he said he was interested in.”Mr.Blackbourne’s lips fell a little into a deeper frown.“I don’t know his personal interest, but I don’t think she’d return his affection.I think she’s just on friendly terms.”Axel tapped his fingers on the desk.“Can get her to talk to him?”Mr.Blackbourne turned his head, frowning.“He’s acting very suspicious.I’m not sure I want her anywhere near him at this point.”“He’s not suspicious,” I said.“He’s… something’s wrong.”“He’s skipping class,” Mr.Blackbourne said.“He’s manipulated you.”“He’s not a troublemaker,” I barked at him.I stepped forward, pointing a finger at him.“You don’t have any proof.He’s not…”“Hang on there,” Axel said, catching my wrist and redirecting my finger.He held on to me.“We’ll find him.We can’t jump to conclusions.” He turned to Mr.Blackbourne.“Listen, Wil’s had a rough life.He’s probably avoiding returning more to protect her.”“We’ll need to ask around about him,” Mr.Blackbourne said.“I can have my team keep an eye out for him.We’ll find out.”“We’ll do it,” Axel said.“We can track Wil.You need to do your job here.But if you can keep an eye out for Wil here and give us a starting point, we would appreciate it.”“We’ll be watching for Mr.Winchester,” he said solemnly.“He’s an abused kid without a home right now,” Axel said.“We need to make sure he’s not sleeping under a bridge and knows he can contact his sister.She’s recently moved locations.”“Where?” he asked.“She’s staying with us,” Axel said.“Then we can probably get word to him somehow, but we need to keep an eye on him and find a way to track him down.What I’d like to know is why he isn’t reaching out to contact his own sister.”“He wouldn’t run away from me,” I said in the steadiest voice I could muster.I had to believe this.Somehow this was Wil’s way of helping, and I didn’t really understand it.I had to hang on to the idea that Wil just needed time.Any other possibility left me too angry and confused.I didn’t want him to hate me.“Wil’s the nicest person I’ve ever known.If he left, it’s because he thinks he’ll be out of my hair.He probably thinks he’s doing me a favor, perhaps hoping I won’t worry about him.”“Alleviating your worry?” Mr.Blackbourne asked.“Or keeping you from being an accessory to whatever he’s planning.”“That’s not fair,” Axel said, stepping slightly in front of me.“There’s no reason to think that.”“I don’t think you know what I’m dealing with here,” Mr.Blackbourne said.“But she knows her brother,” Axel said.Mr.Blackbourne quieted, scanning Axel’s face and then mine.The phone on the desk started to buzz.Mr.Blackbourne picked up the phone and read the message.He frowned.“Don’t be so sure.” He held out the phone for me to read.I held my breath, waiting for something horrible.I read the text.Dr.Green: Checked with the first period teacher.Wil never goes to class.He tested out early, and the teachers agreed to mark him as attending classes.It was an order by Mr.Hendricks.He may be working with him.Mr.Hendricks, the principal that had reported his missing vice-principal, the one who had been worried about the Academy.If somehow Wil got wrapped up in it, and was working with Mr [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]