Chapter Two: A 'Special' Child

Tom Riddle always was a queer child; quiet, secretive, cunning, serious and solitary. Mrs. Cole sat again behind her desk and poured another glass of Gin, watching the clear fluid thoughtfully. In eleven years, strange Tom had never had friends or gone seeking any. He hadn't had any visitors, either, until that odd Mr. Dumberton today.

Mrs. Cole gulped down her Gin and slightly smiled inwardly. Tom was leaving. She never hated him, but his absence meant no strangled rabbits or traumatized children. No missing belongings to be found in Tom's room.

Perhaps Tom was indeed 'special', and good riddance!