Sean by C. L. Stone

Author:C. L. Stone
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: young adult romance, reverse harem, young adult mystery, young adult contemporary, the academy, Ghost bird
Publisher: Arcato Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2023-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

6

Sean was fixing up the little things in the office when his phone buzzed to life about ten minutes before the scheduled meeting.

Luke: I need an adult.

Sean sighed. Adult meant none of the others could go help him, just Sean and Owen...

Sean: Now?

Luke: Yes.

Of course now. Luke wouldn’t bug him on registration day without it being urgent.

Well, it looked like he was getting out of the meeting. He sent a quick message to Owen about the situation and grabbed his keys. He’d be abandoning Owen on his own here at the school, but it couldn’t be helped.

In a rush, Sean rolled Owen’s BMW into the drive of the motel from the night before.

Sean parked near where he’d been alerted that they had a motel room rented. He found the correct door and knocked.

Luke answered, holding a rag at his nose, blinking.

Sean made a face. “What happened, buddy? We didn’t fall off the roof, did we?”

Luke removed the rag and showed Sean the dried bits of blood and the fresh blood still pooling inside his nose.

“Is it broken?” Luke asked.

Sean ushered him inside, and as the motel lights were a bit dull, he used his cell phone’s flashlight to angle into Luke’s nose and inspect the damage.

“No, it isn’t broken,” Sean said. “But there’s a cut at a strange angle. You holding the rag too tight is probably stopping it from clotting up like it should.” Sean positioned Luke’s head forward and showed him where to pinch his nose. “Stay like that for a bit. It’ll stop soon. Just go easy on your nose.”

Luke seemed relieved. As he spoke, his voice came out nasally blocked, making him sound funny. “My fault. I wasn’t watching my back.”

“It’s not your fault, because there was no need for violence,” Sean said. “I’m guessing we were found out.”

Luke shrugged. “I don’t even know. He could have thought I was snooping too close to his computers. There’s no telling if he knows about the device. It could still be there.”

“Did you get a look at him?”

Luke paused. “No. But it was him.”

“Him?” Sean remembered partly about there being two people, but the way Luke made it sound he knew who this kid was.

Luke sighed. “There’s two, remember? A girl, older, the one pickpocketing wallets from the mall. This other one, he does online stuff. Haven’t figured out what yet. I don’t know if they’re a couple, and she gets the wallets and he uses the cards and info to make money. But...” He pressed his nose with the edge of a finger, as if testing where it hurt. “They haven’t tried to use North’s cards at all. And his wallet was found. With only a little bit of cash gone.”

Odd. “So she only got the cash.”

“Right.”

“And he’s... this guy... then what is he doing?”

Luke made a finger gun with his empty hand and pretended to take a shot at Sean. “That’s the question.”

Sean nodded “Well, it’s enough that he doesn’t want you to know about it.”

“So maybe you can get the device? There’s a small USB thing sticking out of the back of the computer.

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