Scott's World-CH. 16
Peter decided that it would be best if he took it a little easy on Scott today because of what happened yesterday. The last thing that he needed was for Scott to end up back in the clinic. Besides, he was getting a little behind in his schoolwork.
Everyone was piling in the dinning room for the breakfast rush and the cliffhanger boys were standing together when the cliffhanger girls came in behind them. Shelby came up to Scott with a broad smile across her face.
"I see that you survived Peter's inquisition."
"Yea it wasn't that bad. He decided that I needed a new nickname of Casanova."
Shelby reached up and gave him a quick kiss on the lips. "I like that. You can be my Casanova, Romero or according to Ezra my Bobby Jo."
"Oh don't remind me. That was the night that you left without saying goodbye. We never did get to put on that play."
Ezra over heard their conversation. "Hey we can do the play now that we have everyone here again."
The group heard his comment and all turned and shouted "NO"
"It was just a thought."
Scott, "Ezra you're better off keeping some of your thoughts to yourself."
"Thanks Scott your confidence in me is overwhelming. By the way you're holding up the line so turn around and get moving."
Natalie was very disturbed by the latest development of Scott's relationship. When everyone reached a table she decided to sit on the other side of him opposite from Shelby. She didn't want to make a scene so she waited until breakfast was over to approach Scott. As everyone was standing preparing to leave she leaned towards Scott's ear and whispered "Can I talk to you in private?"
Shelby over heard and looked at Scott. Scott knew what she was thinking and said "It's ok, I'll catch up to you in class."
Shelby got close to Scott's face and said, "I'll save you a seat. Don't keep me waiting to long." She then whirled around almost knocking Natalie over and proceeded to class.
Scott turned to Natalie and waited for her to say something.
"I don't understand. Was it something I said or did? How can you fall for someone who treated you so bad? You're better than that and you deserve someone better."
"How do you know what I deserve. You know I don't even know your full name. You can't make assumptions when you haven't been around long enough to know any better."
"So it wasn't me leading you on, it was you leading me on. Don't you dare go around accusing me of using you when it was YOU who used me."
"Fine if that will make you happy than I'll take the blame. I admit that I was hurting and I put you in Shelby's place. I'm sorry but Shelby and I belong together. I didn't mean to hurt you. It didn't mean anything and it just happened."
"All guys are pigs." She stormed off after that last comment.
Scott looked a little flustered and said "well oink oink" and took off to class.
As Scott proceeded to class he could feel a presence behind him that seemed to be lurking all morning. He turned to see Roger hanging back a little ways behind. This was odd. He wondered if Roger was tailing him or was it just coincidence. He quickened his pace and went a round about way to the classroom. Sure enough Roger seemed to be around the last corner. Scott hurried around a building and stopped and waited for him to appear. Roger came around the corner and ran right into Scott.
"Why are you tailing me? What have I done that I need constant supervision?"
"I'm just trying to figure out why you didn't go straight to class. Are you trying to hide something?"
"What, stop trying to turn this around because you've been on my tail since I left my dorm for breakfast."
"No I haven't. You've been acting suspicious and I'm just making sure that you aren't trying to hide something." He was trying to make Scott think that he was guilty of something.
"I'm not trying to hide anything. I just need to get to class."
"Fine then I'll walk you over there so you won't get sidetracked."
"Man I think you need a vacation."
"You're probably right but it won't happen anytime soon so let's go to class."
He was hoping that Scott had forgotten about being tailed. This wasn't going to be easy. The kid definitely had a knack for catching on to things that you didn't want him to. He'd better go talk to Peter about it.
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Mr. Roberts had no problem finding where Susan Boyd lived. She was listed in the phone book. He set up surveillance in front of her house until he figured out a daily routine that the Boyd's had. When he knew that the house was empty he made his move. He figured that he had a good 5 hours before they came home from work. Breaking into the house was like child's play. No alarms and a door lock that even an amateur could pick. He wondered around the house trying to get any clue that he could use. He found some photos of a boy with blonde hair at different stages of life. This had to be Scott. It wasn't until he turned what looked like a school picture around that it said Scott Barringer age 10. He took out his camera and made copies of all the different photos that he could find. He started going through the mail to see if any letters or something with a clue would show up. He found a phone bill with various local numbers on it and several long distance numbers. One number stood out above the others because it was repeated several times over an over again within a three-day period. He wrote the numbers down and decided to focus on the one most used number. He couldn't get anything else out of the house so he left with not a single thing out of place. No one would ever know that a stranger was in the house.
Mr. Roberts waited until the evening hour to call the one prominent phone number. He dialed and a man answered the phone.
"Hello!"
"May I speak with Fred Barringer."
"This is Martin Barringer. There is no Fred here. Sorry you must have the wrong number."
"I'm terribly sorry my mistake. Sorry to have bothered you."
Bingo. This is getting easier by the minute Spencer thought. He looked up the area code and found out that he needed a plane ticket to Washington State.
He got on his lab top computer and found what area the prefix of the phone number was from. Now he had a destination city to head to.
When he got to Washington he was able to get a local phone book and get the address of the only Martin Barringer that was listed. He proceeded with his surveillance technique until he knew exactly the times that Martin wouldn't be at home. This home was a little more extravagant than his last one. He needed to be prepared for the possibility that this home might have an alarm system.
He waited for Martin to go to work so that he could conduct his own work. When the coast was clear Spencer made his way towards the Barringer home. He was right about the security. Thank goodness it was a system that he knew how to crack. It took some time but Spencer eventually broke into the house without any altercations.
He wondered around trying to get a feel of the people that lived there. He thought that it was strange that he never came across a teenage boy coming or going during the several days that he had been watching the house. He went upstairs into what appeared to be Scott's bedroom. There were sport pictures hanging on the wall and football trophies lined up on a shelve. The room looked liked it hadn't been slept in for some time. Everything was neat and orderly for a teenage boy's room. This must mean that Scott hadn't been there in some time and had to be somewhere else.
Martin had a computer that he had left on when he left for work. Spencer knew enough about computer hacking to easily brake into Martins personal files. The first rule of thumb is to check the bank records. The old saying is to follow the money trail and it will lead you to where you want to go. He printed out copies of Martin's bank statements for the last year. He than decided that the next place would be to go to the local High School.
Spencer went outside and asked some kids that were skateboarding in the street where was the neighborhood high school. Once he found out he proceeded to the building. Even though it was summer vacation, the school was still open for summer school classes with a limited staff.
In made his way into an empty administration room and got the information that he needed.
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Edward Barrington had anxiously been waiting for a report from his P.I. man. Spencer Roberts was do anytime for a update. He let out a long breath that he didn't know that he had been holding when his secretary made the announcement. Spencer Roberts walked in with a file folder in hand and took a seat ready to give his report.
"Good morning sir. This little assignment was a lot easier than I thought. Your grandson seems to have hit a roadblock in his life. There is a piece of the puzzle that I haven't put together yet."
"How so? Tell me what you have found out."
"It appears that Susan walked out on Martin and Scott 2 and half years ago. Scott stayed with Martin I'm assuming because he wanted to stay at the school that he was familiar with. Martin later remarried a 27 year- old woman named Elaine. According to Scott's school records, he was an apt pupil during his freshman and sophomore year. He appears to be quite the athlete. He played varsity football when he was a freshman and was on the all-star team when he was a sophomore. Something happened in his junior year that made his grades drop and he was kicked off the football team. His school records show that he was withdrawn from school by his father and that's where things get unclear."
"Well where did he go? He couldn't have just vanished. There better not be any kind of foul play or I'm going after Martin."
"No sir. What I found in Martin's financial records is that he is making monthly payments to a private school called Mt. Horizon. I haven't figured out what kind of school this is yet but here is an aerial view taken from a private plane I rented. It's high up in the mountains surrounded by 25 miles of forest. Here are some photographs that I have copied of what Scott should look like. I'm not sure how recent they are. This one is probably the most recent because I believe it was his junior year school picture."
Edward held the photo in his hand trying to envision the bond that he would be having someday soon with his grandson. He looked on with pride and awe at the handsome boy. He had his mothers beautiful blonde curly hair and crystal clear blue eyes. He definitely had the prominent Barringer cleft chin and the tall slender body form. He looked like an natural athlete. Edward was wondering what his personality was like and became angry that he had missed out on so many years.
"I want you to find him. I want to personally meet him face to face and let him know his rightful place in life. Leave it up to Martin too not only screw his own life up but also the life of my grandson. You've done good work but now don't come back until you have actually seen him in the flesh and find out what the missing puzzle pieces are."
To be continued
Peter decided that it would be best if he took it a little easy on Scott today because of what happened yesterday. The last thing that he needed was for Scott to end up back in the clinic. Besides, he was getting a little behind in his schoolwork.
Everyone was piling in the dinning room for the breakfast rush and the cliffhanger boys were standing together when the cliffhanger girls came in behind them. Shelby came up to Scott with a broad smile across her face.
"I see that you survived Peter's inquisition."
"Yea it wasn't that bad. He decided that I needed a new nickname of Casanova."
Shelby reached up and gave him a quick kiss on the lips. "I like that. You can be my Casanova, Romero or according to Ezra my Bobby Jo."
"Oh don't remind me. That was the night that you left without saying goodbye. We never did get to put on that play."
Ezra over heard their conversation. "Hey we can do the play now that we have everyone here again."
The group heard his comment and all turned and shouted "NO"
"It was just a thought."
Scott, "Ezra you're better off keeping some of your thoughts to yourself."
"Thanks Scott your confidence in me is overwhelming. By the way you're holding up the line so turn around and get moving."
Natalie was very disturbed by the latest development of Scott's relationship. When everyone reached a table she decided to sit on the other side of him opposite from Shelby. She didn't want to make a scene so she waited until breakfast was over to approach Scott. As everyone was standing preparing to leave she leaned towards Scott's ear and whispered "Can I talk to you in private?"
Shelby over heard and looked at Scott. Scott knew what she was thinking and said "It's ok, I'll catch up to you in class."
Shelby got close to Scott's face and said, "I'll save you a seat. Don't keep me waiting to long." She then whirled around almost knocking Natalie over and proceeded to class.
Scott turned to Natalie and waited for her to say something.
"I don't understand. Was it something I said or did? How can you fall for someone who treated you so bad? You're better than that and you deserve someone better."
"How do you know what I deserve. You know I don't even know your full name. You can't make assumptions when you haven't been around long enough to know any better."
"So it wasn't me leading you on, it was you leading me on. Don't you dare go around accusing me of using you when it was YOU who used me."
"Fine if that will make you happy than I'll take the blame. I admit that I was hurting and I put you in Shelby's place. I'm sorry but Shelby and I belong together. I didn't mean to hurt you. It didn't mean anything and it just happened."
"All guys are pigs." She stormed off after that last comment.
Scott looked a little flustered and said "well oink oink" and took off to class.
As Scott proceeded to class he could feel a presence behind him that seemed to be lurking all morning. He turned to see Roger hanging back a little ways behind. This was odd. He wondered if Roger was tailing him or was it just coincidence. He quickened his pace and went a round about way to the classroom. Sure enough Roger seemed to be around the last corner. Scott hurried around a building and stopped and waited for him to appear. Roger came around the corner and ran right into Scott.
"Why are you tailing me? What have I done that I need constant supervision?"
"I'm just trying to figure out why you didn't go straight to class. Are you trying to hide something?"
"What, stop trying to turn this around because you've been on my tail since I left my dorm for breakfast."
"No I haven't. You've been acting suspicious and I'm just making sure that you aren't trying to hide something." He was trying to make Scott think that he was guilty of something.
"I'm not trying to hide anything. I just need to get to class."
"Fine then I'll walk you over there so you won't get sidetracked."
"Man I think you need a vacation."
"You're probably right but it won't happen anytime soon so let's go to class."
He was hoping that Scott had forgotten about being tailed. This wasn't going to be easy. The kid definitely had a knack for catching on to things that you didn't want him to. He'd better go talk to Peter about it.
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Mr. Roberts had no problem finding where Susan Boyd lived. She was listed in the phone book. He set up surveillance in front of her house until he figured out a daily routine that the Boyd's had. When he knew that the house was empty he made his move. He figured that he had a good 5 hours before they came home from work. Breaking into the house was like child's play. No alarms and a door lock that even an amateur could pick. He wondered around the house trying to get any clue that he could use. He found some photos of a boy with blonde hair at different stages of life. This had to be Scott. It wasn't until he turned what looked like a school picture around that it said Scott Barringer age 10. He took out his camera and made copies of all the different photos that he could find. He started going through the mail to see if any letters or something with a clue would show up. He found a phone bill with various local numbers on it and several long distance numbers. One number stood out above the others because it was repeated several times over an over again within a three-day period. He wrote the numbers down and decided to focus on the one most used number. He couldn't get anything else out of the house so he left with not a single thing out of place. No one would ever know that a stranger was in the house.
Mr. Roberts waited until the evening hour to call the one prominent phone number. He dialed and a man answered the phone.
"Hello!"
"May I speak with Fred Barringer."
"This is Martin Barringer. There is no Fred here. Sorry you must have the wrong number."
"I'm terribly sorry my mistake. Sorry to have bothered you."
Bingo. This is getting easier by the minute Spencer thought. He looked up the area code and found out that he needed a plane ticket to Washington State.
He got on his lab top computer and found what area the prefix of the phone number was from. Now he had a destination city to head to.
When he got to Washington he was able to get a local phone book and get the address of the only Martin Barringer that was listed. He proceeded with his surveillance technique until he knew exactly the times that Martin wouldn't be at home. This home was a little more extravagant than his last one. He needed to be prepared for the possibility that this home might have an alarm system.
He waited for Martin to go to work so that he could conduct his own work. When the coast was clear Spencer made his way towards the Barringer home. He was right about the security. Thank goodness it was a system that he knew how to crack. It took some time but Spencer eventually broke into the house without any altercations.
He wondered around trying to get a feel of the people that lived there. He thought that it was strange that he never came across a teenage boy coming or going during the several days that he had been watching the house. He went upstairs into what appeared to be Scott's bedroom. There were sport pictures hanging on the wall and football trophies lined up on a shelve. The room looked liked it hadn't been slept in for some time. Everything was neat and orderly for a teenage boy's room. This must mean that Scott hadn't been there in some time and had to be somewhere else.
Martin had a computer that he had left on when he left for work. Spencer knew enough about computer hacking to easily brake into Martins personal files. The first rule of thumb is to check the bank records. The old saying is to follow the money trail and it will lead you to where you want to go. He printed out copies of Martin's bank statements for the last year. He than decided that the next place would be to go to the local High School.
Spencer went outside and asked some kids that were skateboarding in the street where was the neighborhood high school. Once he found out he proceeded to the building. Even though it was summer vacation, the school was still open for summer school classes with a limited staff.
In made his way into an empty administration room and got the information that he needed.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Edward Barrington had anxiously been waiting for a report from his P.I. man. Spencer Roberts was do anytime for a update. He let out a long breath that he didn't know that he had been holding when his secretary made the announcement. Spencer Roberts walked in with a file folder in hand and took a seat ready to give his report.
"Good morning sir. This little assignment was a lot easier than I thought. Your grandson seems to have hit a roadblock in his life. There is a piece of the puzzle that I haven't put together yet."
"How so? Tell me what you have found out."
"It appears that Susan walked out on Martin and Scott 2 and half years ago. Scott stayed with Martin I'm assuming because he wanted to stay at the school that he was familiar with. Martin later remarried a 27 year- old woman named Elaine. According to Scott's school records, he was an apt pupil during his freshman and sophomore year. He appears to be quite the athlete. He played varsity football when he was a freshman and was on the all-star team when he was a sophomore. Something happened in his junior year that made his grades drop and he was kicked off the football team. His school records show that he was withdrawn from school by his father and that's where things get unclear."
"Well where did he go? He couldn't have just vanished. There better not be any kind of foul play or I'm going after Martin."
"No sir. What I found in Martin's financial records is that he is making monthly payments to a private school called Mt. Horizon. I haven't figured out what kind of school this is yet but here is an aerial view taken from a private plane I rented. It's high up in the mountains surrounded by 25 miles of forest. Here are some photographs that I have copied of what Scott should look like. I'm not sure how recent they are. This one is probably the most recent because I believe it was his junior year school picture."
Edward held the photo in his hand trying to envision the bond that he would be having someday soon with his grandson. He looked on with pride and awe at the handsome boy. He had his mothers beautiful blonde curly hair and crystal clear blue eyes. He definitely had the prominent Barringer cleft chin and the tall slender body form. He looked like an natural athlete. Edward was wondering what his personality was like and became angry that he had missed out on so many years.
"I want you to find him. I want to personally meet him face to face and let him know his rightful place in life. Leave it up to Martin too not only screw his own life up but also the life of my grandson. You've done good work but now don't come back until you have actually seen him in the flesh and find out what the missing puzzle pieces are."
To be continued