The Greenland Case Files
Chapter 5 – Wise words
Roger's POV
Matt stood in the main office, shaking like a leaf. Only five minutes ago he had run in, clutching a note page and babbling about Mello.
After Roger had made some sense out of his ramblings, he sat Matt down in the chair opposite his desk and got him to tell the story in full.
"...And then I found this." Roger looked down at what Matt was handing him. It was a page out of the schoolbooks commonly used in the orphanage, and seemed to be covered in Mello's curvy handwriting. When he saw what was written there, he quickly rammed it into his draw and tried to look like nothing was wrong.
"I'm so sorry sir, I didn't know where else to go. Do you think he'll be alright?"
Roger could understand his worry; after all, he had just seen his best friend presumably go insane. He looked at Roger with fearful eyes, expecting an answer.
But, Roger could not give a positive one. He decided to move onto something else, to distract him.
"Mail..." Matt stiffened at the use of his real name; Roger only used it when he was about to say something severe. "I want to acquire your help"
This was clearly not what Matt was expecting, as he frowned and took a step forward. "Clearly," Roger continued, "Miheal is going through some hard times right now. I...I want you to..." He tried to think of the right word. "Observe him over the next few days."
Roger needed someone on the inside to watch Mello. True, he was the head teacher of the orphanage, but he couldn't see into the student's lives, see the little things they hid from the staff.
Honestly, he didn't know if Mello was of sound mind. He had warned L of the dangers of these kinds of projects, But L had insisted upon it.
"So, will you do it for me?" Roger looked straight into Matt's eyes, to show him there wasn't really a 'no' option.
"Yes sir."
Roger smiled softly and bid Matt farewell, before looking at the homework Mello and Near had given him earlier this morning to mark. As always, the marks were:
Near – 100/100
Mello- 99/100
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Authors note:
Hey!
Ok, so the next one is Mello again, and will mark the reappearance of the actual case XD
Unfortunately, I find it very hard to write long chapters. I'll try to make them longer, though!
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Em xx
