Textbook Murder by L.C. Turner

Author:L.C. Turner [Turner, L.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Laina Turner Media, LLC

Chapter 12

“Professor Parsons, are you busy?”

Startled, Chloe looked up to see Roger standing in the doorway. It was early, not quite seven, but she’d had another sleepless night, so she thought she would come in and catch up on some reading, which was now putting her asleep. Pretty ironic, she thought.

“What are you doing here so early, Roger?”

“Well . . .” He paused and seemed very fidgety. Chloe set down the book she had been holding and waited.

“Can I sit down?”

“Sure,” Chloe said slowly, wondering what this could possibly be about that made him look so nervous.

“I have a confession to make,” he said, his left knee jiggling.

“Okay. What is it, Roger? Don’t have your homework done for the day?” she said jokingly, trying to lighten the mood.

“Oh no, Professor Parsons. I have my homework done. It’s not about that.”

Chloe had to suppress a laugh at the horrified look on his face that she was assuming was from the thought of incomplete homework. He needed to relax a little.

“I don’t know how to say this, but I’m the one who broke into your office.”

“What?” she asked, thinking she didn’t hear him right, as his comment was completely unexpected.

“I-I’m the one who broke into your office yesterday. I’m really sorry,” he said sincerely, but Chloe was thoroughly confused by what he was saying. Surely she wasn’t hearing him right.

“Roger, I don’t understand. Why on earth would you do such a thing? Do you realize how much trouble you could be in? They could kick you out of school for this. Not to mention, why? Why would you break in and trash my office when it’s really not even my office?”

“I know, I know. That’s why I’m telling you. I thought if I could explain why, you would understand,” he said, hanging his head.

“It’s not so much me, Roger, but the university and the police. In light of, well, everything going on here lately, you’re going to be in serious trouble for this.”

“Just, please, listen to what I have to say.”

“Okay, but then you’re going to have to tell the police.”

He nodded. A few moments went by, and he finally started to speak. “Bill Peterson is my dad. Or, well, he was.”

Chloe was shocked, to say the least. While she had no idea why he would do it, she wanted to stay silent until he could get out the entire story.

“I just found out a few months ago myself. My mom passed away, and I found letters between her and Bill, spelling out their past and things that led up to now, then after.”

“And you already had plans to come to school here?” Chloe broke in.

Roger shook his head. “Not at the time. I got lucky. I tracked him to here and applied to be a guest student and was accepted. Lucky for me, summer session doesn’t have a lot of competition, and I did well in undergrad, so it wasn’t too hard.”

Chloe nodded and motioned for him to continue.

“I thought if I could get to know him, it would help me decide if I should tell him who I was.

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