Jack was close behind Tru when she pulled into the student parking lot in her car. Jack could see there weren't many students present at the early hour and the car from the accident was nowhere in sight.
He watched Tru in the side view mirror as she parked in the best spot to view the students arriving. Checking his watch he guessed it'd be a while yet before they arrived and even longer before she would be able to risk looking at the car. Stepping out of his car he went down the street to get a paper.
Returning ten minutes later he saw that Tru was still in her car. There were a few more students starting to arrive by car, by bike and on foot and he slipped back into his own car to watch for the victim and her brother.
He didn't think that Tru could see him from her position but he did catch her looking in his general direction several times; it looked like her instincts were getting sharper. More and more often he had found himself ducking into doorways to avoid being spotted as he trailed her around the city; he would have to be even more careful in the future.
Opening his paper he turned to the stock market pages and pulled out his cell phone to call his broker and advise him in the same way he did on all rewind mornings. He was still learning the market, thanks to a tip from Richard that was becoming a useful way to supplement his income. He hadn't made any great profit or loss and certainly not enough to draw attention to himself, but over the years he knew that his advantage would pay off and like his mentor before him he would soon be an expert on the market.
He wasn't long on the phone because the market was fairly stable and he'd heard nothing on the afternoon news to indicate anything he should buy or sell right away. It was a question of biding his time…something he was getting increasingly good at.
By the time he had finished on the phone the parking lot was starting to buzz with so much activity that he didn't see the car from the accident pull in. It didn't matter though since he had Tru's reaction to work from and he knew the second she saw the car arrive. He watched her become more alert, her eyes following the vehicle as it pulled into one of the free parking spaces.
Once it was parked under the shade of a tree the two teenagers got out. Jack could tell they were clearly brother and sister because each had the same white blonde hair and pale features. He watched the older brother lock the car as his sister waved to her friends across the lot.
Jack and Tru remained in their cars as the lot emptied and even the late comers had gone into the building.
He was starting to get bored when he spotted a young man walking up to the teenagers' car. From Jack's angle he could tell that he was merely hovering nearby but from Tru's vantage point he knew it would look as if he was doing something suspicious to the car. When the youth walked off a minute later Jack was already forming a plan to cause trouble for the unsuspecting Tru.
Jack watched as she got out of her vehicle and started walking towards the car. He pulled out his cell phone again; the police station was only a block away. Dialling the number casually he continued watching her in the mirror.
"I'd like to report someone interfering with vehicles in the Oakdene School Parking Lot," he said in a firm voice when the phone was answered.
"She's there right now," he confirmed to the telephonist's question.
He rang off before giving his name and sat back to wait.
Tru was still at the vehicle, looking underneath it to see if anyone had interfered with it when the police car arrived a few minutes later.
"Good response time," Jack commented to himself with a glance at his watch.
He grinned at Tru's astonished reaction to the arrival of the police to arrest her.
"Tell them you're reliving the day?" Jack said to himself with a smile. "Go on Tru, tell 'em that and your cell 'll be padded."
Jack watched Tru being led to the police car that moved off and out of sight a few minutes later.
Once upon a time he might have thought that meant his job was complete, but not any more. No one had interfered with the vehicle yet but it didn't mean that someone wasn't going to and Tru was not likely to let things go. If she had been on her own he might have thought his task completed, but he knew that if he waited a little while longer one of her lackeys would be along to take her place.
He wondered which one of them would turn up first; his money was on Harrison. As her younger brother he was far better suited to blend into the high school environment than Davis was.
It was just a matter of patiently waiting and biding his time.