Harvest Rest by Teri Blake

Author:Teri Blake
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Inked in Faith Publications

Chapter Twelve

Karla enjoyed the ride until Sawyer pulled to a stop in front of her house and her phone rang. She glanced at the screen and her heart sank.

“Yikes, is it Rob again?” Sawyer killed the engine.

She almost wished it were. The school never called unless there was an issue. She held her breath and took the call. “Hello?”

“Mrs. Maples?” A nasal voice rang in her ear.

“Yes?”

“This is Mrs. Johnson at Driftwood Bay High School, Your son was caught smoking in the bathroom. He is currently away from the other students in the media center office. He will be attending in-school suspension for the following week.”

Smoking. Just as Channyon had said. “How could he smoke in the school?”

Mrs. Johnson’s voice turned condescending and almost accusing. “Well, those little devices are pretty easy to hide. I could ask how he smokes at home?”

“He hasn’t!” At least, not that she’d known about. Channyon had smelled it and known right away. There had been that odor in his room. Coming to his defense would only make her look like she condoned the behavior. Karla sighed. “If he was caught, I’m sure he earned the ISS. I’ll talk to him more when he gets home.”

The woman made a slight noise that sounded like an accentuated smirk. “Because of his suspension, he’s not allowed to walk home, nor leave the building unattended. You’ll need to wait in the pickup line until a teacher walks him out to your car.”

Great. He’ll be in a wonderful mood after they paraded him in front of everyone as an example. “I’ll be watching for him.”

She hung up the phone and sat still in Sawyer’s truck, needing a minute to process all she’d just heard.

“Smoking, huh?” Sawyer took a deep breath. “That’s a tough one to break if he’s already formed a habit.”

“You heard?” She hadn’t thought the woman was that loud, but it was a small cab. “There’s only one place he could’ve acquired that habit.” One place where her children weren’t watched because the man in charge was too busy with his girlfriend.

“Rob’s,” Sawyer filled in where she hadn’t. “What will you do?”

At least he hadn’t immediately offered to call Rob and fix it, though maybe for once she’d have taken him up on it. “I don’t know. I need to think about this. If I call and accuse him of letting Davin smoke, before I even talk to Davin, then I’m probably walking into a trap. He would say I let him do it to get Rob in trouble with the court.”

Sawyer nodded his agreement. “Talking to Davin would be a good place to start. And maybe Maisy too. She may have noticed odd behavior that she couldn’t explain but didn’t want to say anything.”

Karla added that to her mental list of necessary things to do because of that call. The day had turned from horrible to great then back to horrible again. If Davin was addicted to cigarettes, getting him off of them would take time and effort.

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