The preview showed a second message from Haley.

“You busy right now.”

I set my yellow highlighter down beside my empty ceramic coffee mug.

Haley never used periods in place of question marks unless she was hiding in the school library to avoid somebody.

“Go take ten minutes,” Vance said.

He kept his eyes on the guard schedule, reading the names in the right-hand column one at a time.

“Thank you, sir,” I said.