Carl Hiaasen 4-Book Collection by Carl Hiaasen
Author:Carl Hiaasen [Hiaasen, Carl]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-553-51080-5
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2014-05-27T00:00:00+00:00
Dr. Dressler was hopeful but perplexed.
After the assembly, heâd received a call from the fire lieutenant, who reported that Bunny Starchâs blue Prius was gone at daybreak when the crews had returned to the Black Vine Swamp. The lieutenant surmised that, sometime during the night, Mrs. Starch had found her way back to her car.
That theory was bolstered by the information from Libby Marshall, whoâd burst into Dr. Dresslerâs office and blurted the story of her asthma inhaler so breathlessly that he feared she might need to use it.
The facts strongly suggested that Mrs. Starch was alive and had safely exited the wilderness. How else would Libbyâs lost medicine have been delivered to her front porch?
What nagged at Dr. Dressler was this: Nobody had seen or spoken to the biology teacher.
She hadnât shown up for classes that morning, which, given the circumstances, was excusableâyet she hadnât even called to say sheâd be absent. That was a violation of the Truman faculty attendance policy, and nobody was a bigger stickler for school rules than Mrs. Starch.
In eighteen years sheâd missed only one day of teaching, when she accidentally rolled her car while swerving to avoid a rabbit on the way to school. Sheâd borrowed the ambulance driverâs radio to call in sick, and the next day she had returned to Truman with a plaster cast on one arm, a patch over one eye, and two metal pins in her collarbone.
After Libby left his office, Dr. Dressler immediately tried calling Mrs. Starchâs cell phone ⦠and calling and calling and calling. Then he phoned her houseâno answer there, either. It was baffling.
Dr. Dressler reluctantly agreed that the sheriffâs deputies should go ahead and interview the students. Technically, at least, Bunny Starch was still a missing person.
* * *
After speaking with Libby, Nick and Marta expected Mrs. Starch to be waiting with a pencil twirling in biology class. They were surprised to see Miss Moffitt sitting at Mrs. Starchâs desk, and even more surprised when a sheriffâs deputy poked his head in the doorway and asked for Duane Scrod Jr.
Miss Moffitt said, âDuaneâs absent today.â
âAll right.â The deputy scanned his clipboard. âHow about Graham Carson?â
Graham eagerly raised his hand, and the deputy motioned for him to come along. Graham was beaming self-importantly as he marched from the room.
âI donât get it,â Marta murmured to Nick. âWhatâs with the cops? Donât they know the old bird is okay?â
Nick was mystified as well. If Mrs. Starch was safe, why were the deputies hanging around and asking questions?
Another uniformed officer entered the classroom and called Martaâs name. Her eyes widened and she looked fretfully at Nick.
He said, âNo big deal. Just tell âem what you know.â
After a few minutes Marta returned and, looking annoyed, plopped down at her desk. âI told him Mrs. Starch was all right, but he just kept on asking me more stuff.â
âLike what?â Nick said.
âNo talking, please!â It was Miss Moffitt. Sternly she pointed at the blackboard, upon which she had chalked the words âReread Chapter 8.
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