Mrs. Kenner arrived first, her hands shaking as she pushed through the main doors of Brookside High. She clutched her purse against her chest and her eyes darted around the empty hallway like she expected Liam to walk out of a classroom at any moment. The receptionist directed her to Principal Morris's office where she found him pacing behind his desk.
"Where is my son?" she asked before he could even address her.
"Mrs. Kenner, please sit down," Morris said, gesturing to the chair across from his desk. "We're going to figure this out."
"Don't tell me to sit down," she snapped, but she sat anyway. "You called me and said Liam hasn't been in school for three weeks. Three weeks! How does a student just disappear for three weeks without anyone noticing?"
Morris rubbed his temple where his headache was getting worse. "We're investigating exactly how this happened. Can you walk me through the last time you saw Liam?"
