"Adults think they know it all"
4 hours later
The forensics finally called Brian and told him the name of the victim. He was currently in the principal's office with all the teachers, they were all waiting. None of them could check who it was because lots of people were absent from school that day.
After talking to the forensic Brian turned to them and they all looked at him eagerly.
"His name is Mike Wheeler. Do any of you know who that is.?"
"What ?" A teacher yelled and everyone turned to her. " Mike is in my class. I'm his home room teacher. I was stationed at the gate this morning and I saw him coming in very early."
Brian raised a hand up telling the teacher to stop.
"Do you have a room I can use to ask his classmates a few questions?"
"You can use the counseling room " The principal replied.
"Thanks ,ma'am please come with me and tell me everything." He said to the home room teacher and They left the office including Paul.
When they got to the office he sat down, and the teacher sat right across the table in front of him, while Paul sat beside him, book and pen in hand , ready to jot down whatever the teacher says.
"So tell me how this morning went."
The teacher took a deep breath then tried to calm herself.
"This morning I was stationed at the front gate to welcome students and made sure they were dressed appropriately, Mike was on the early ones that came in from my class so I was focused on him. His shirt wasn't tucked in and he didn't have a tie, also he was wearing the wrong kind of sandals. I asked him to knot his tie and tuck his shirt in and for the sandals since he didn't have any I decided to leave it warning him not to wear them anymore. To punish him I asked him to sweep the surrounding and fill three bags with thrash and go burn them in the refuse site then he was free to go. Off course he grumbled but he eventually did it.That was the last time I saw him"
"You saw him go to the refuse site? " Brian asked
"No" she replied
"But you saw him fill the bags up?"
" Yes"
"You said he was one of the early ones from your class , that means someone already came before him?" Brian asked
"Yes "
"Who was it ?"
"A girl, her name is Amanda "
"Ok..... that's all I want from you , now can you please tell your students to come here,one by one though, when I'm done with one the next person can enter. And please don't tell them about the death of their classmate. I'll only be asking them a few questions. " Brian asked
"Sure" the teacher replied and stood up
"Let the girl come in first ,and the next person should be who came after Mike " he said to the teacher
"Sure" she said and left.
Few minutes later Amanda was sitting across from him with the most uninterested look on her face.
"Your name is Amanda Evans ?"he asked looking at her.
"Yes" she replied
"Did you see Mike Wheeler this morning?"he asked
"Yes" she replied again
"Oh you did? Did you guys talk or did he say something to you ?"
"He actually forced me to carry three bags of thrash to the refuse site and burn them" she replied
"He forced you?" Brian asked with a raised brow
"It's nothing new, he's always bullying me " She replied with a calm expression
"So did you do it ?" He asked
"Yes I did" she replied
"And where did Mike go after handing you the bags?" He asked
"I actually don't know" She replied
"Hmm.... What was your relationship with Mike?" He asked
"Relationship?" Amanda scoffed "Didn't you just hear me say he bullied me ?"
Brian went silent. He was thinking.
"What's all these questions about Mike anyways ? Did anything happen to him?"Amanda asked curiously.
" He is dead. He was found in the refuse site. Someone set him on fire and burned him " Brian replied searching Amanda's face for any expression.
But she only nodded slightly and said "oh"
"You don't seem very surprised "Brian asked staring at her.
"I'm not " she replied and stood up" I guess I'm done?" She asked
"Sure ,when you get to class tell the class president to come in, I heard he was the next person to come to school in your class"
"Sure "she replied and left immediately.
Brian stared at her for a while and clicked his tongue
She definitely knows something.