"I saw her outside reading for a long time before coming in today, but the classroom door was already open then," Claire Chandler said. "My dad had to go on a business trip early today, so he took me along, and I even got here before Reed. I saw her putting down her backpack with my own eyes."
Claire continued, "But when I got here, the classroom door was already open."
Ruby Reed didn't expect anyone else would come this early. "But when I opened the door, it was closed."
"That means someone must have closed the door after I opened it. And at that time, I didn't notice anything unusual, nor did I see Karen Landry's books thrown on the ground."
"Are you two in this together? What you're saying makes no sense."
"Are you trying to say there's someone else?"
Claire Chandler threw an arm around Ruby Reed's shoulder, looked at the crying Karen Landry at her desk, and arrogantly said, "Exactly, that's what I mean."
