Derek Suspected
"Sof? Are you all right?" James asked.
"Derek is supposed to be at Hexley Hall, he doesn't have school here today, James." Sofia replied.
"Sofia! You are brilliant!" Everett exclaimed, standing up from the table.
"Everett, wait! What about your lunch?" Frederick called out.
"We can't crack this case on an empty stomach!" James reminded Everett.
Everett sat back down.
"You're right, I don't know what I was thinking." Everett said to Frederick and James.
It was lunchtime back at Hexley Hall too.
At the Kennicot table, Kirk Winston was looking at the empty seat space across from him where Sam usually sat in between her two Kennicot best friends, Princess Aileen of Rudistan and Valentina Adrocasia.
"Poor Sam, I miss her." Kirk sighed.
"I wonder who's doing this rotten stuff to our teachers and classmates!" Lita Mizuki exclaimed.
"Probably one of those lowdown Stryker students is behind these attacks!" Taiki Hamasaki exclaimed.
"Now, Taiki, that's jumping to conclusions, not all the Strykers are bad people." Lita observed.
"You're right, Mako, but I just can't shake the feeling I have." Taiki sighed.
"You'll just have to learn to shake it." Kirk said to Taiki.
Kirk took a bite of his Tex-Mex stir fry.
But all Taiki could do was stare at his bento box of sushi.