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him know, but I think Emerald is talking to him.” Jade told her she would . “Jade, see if you can get anything else out of her without upsetting her.”
Taking over the little office in the front of the school was nerve racking. Every time the phone rang, Angie would jump and the other girl, Alexis, sat and cried softly in the corner. She wasn’t a wolf but a panther, but there were no schools in her family as yet so she had ended up here.
“Am I in trouble?” Angie looked ready to cry, and Jade wondered if she should call her dad and realized she had no idea what his number was. “She told me that she hated it here, and I only asked on account that I wanted to go here.”
“No, you’re not in trouble . Not at all.” Jade sat next to her. “What did she say to you? Did she tell you he was only hurting her, or did she say how he was hurting her?”
Jade was afraid of the answer, and when Angie looked nervous, too, she decided to have her wait until someone else came to talk to her about it. But Angie started talking before she could tell her she’d changed her mind.
“He makes them take off their panties and he touches them.” Jade felt her blood run cold, then to hot lava. “He touches their private parts, and then he takes pictures of them with him. I asked her if she had to touch him, and she said yes. Daddy said that that’s bad.”
“It is.” Christ, her father had had to talk to her about this? How did one even start a conversation about perverts and kids? “Did he touch you?”
“No. I would have cut his weenie off. ” Despite the seriousness of the conversation, Jade laughed. “Daddy said he’d hurt whoever touched me and said I was to tell a grown-up when it happened to me or somebody I know.”
“Your dad is very smart.” Jade told Sapphire what Angie had told her. “Can you contact Quentin? He’ll need to come here, too. He’s going to be pissed about this.”
Sapphire told her he was aware and should be there by the time they got there. She told her that they were only about two minutes away. There was a loud noise in the front office and the door slammed open to show that Quentin had made it before they did. And saying he was pissed would be an understatement.
The police were called in , but things went from bad to worse in a matter of seconds. Ben had barricaded the door and held the kids hostage with a gun. Jade had been moved out of the building to one of the police cars along with Angie. Quentin had only said three words to her when he’d gotten there, and those were clipped and harsh. She knew that things were not going to get any better either.
“Quentin is trying to talk to the teacher. I had no idea he could do that, but the police said he’s one of the best when it comes to this type of situation.” Jade was glad that something was going right and thanked Sapphire for telling her. “He’s trying to get Ben to let the children go and to turn himself in before it gets worse.”
“What if he hurts one of the children? More, I mean…what if he hurts one of them more?” Sapphire said that they were handling it. “I have to do something. I can’t just sit here.”
When Sapphire told her to sit still , Jade got out of the car and stood up. She reached beyond the woods and found three of her buddies. Two were bears and one was a large snake. Emerald had told her that Ben was a wolf like them. She told them what was going on.
“I’m coming out to work with you. Jeremy, I want you to get inside the building from the back and open the door for the rest of us.” Jeremy told her he was nearly inside now. Jade worked her way to the back of the building until she found the door that led to the playgrounds.
When the door clicked unlocked , she waited several seconds to make sure that Jeremy shifted back to human. Gilly, one of the bears, had brought his clothes with him and tossed them into the room just before all three went in. Shifting to their animals, Jade led
Taking over the little office in the front of the school was nerve racking. Every time the phone rang, Angie would jump and the other girl, Alexis, sat and cried softly in the corner. She wasn’t a wolf but a panther, but there were no schools in her family as yet so she had ended up here.
“Am I in trouble?” Angie looked ready to cry, and Jade wondered if she should call her dad and realized she had no idea what his number was. “She told me that she hated it here, and I only asked on account that I wanted to go here.”
“No, you’re not in trouble . Not at all.” Jade sat next to her. “What did she say to you? Did she tell you he was only hurting her, or did she say how he was hurting her?”
Jade was afraid of the answer, and when Angie looked nervous, too, she decided to have her wait until someone else came to talk to her about it. But Angie started talking before she could tell her she’d changed her mind.
“He makes them take off their panties and he touches them.” Jade felt her blood run cold, then to hot lava. “He touches their private parts, and then he takes pictures of them with him. I asked her if she had to touch him, and she said yes. Daddy said that that’s bad.”
“It is.” Christ, her father had had to talk to her about this? How did one even start a conversation about perverts and kids? “Did he touch you?”
“No. I would have cut his weenie off. ” Despite the seriousness of the conversation, Jade laughed. “Daddy said he’d hurt whoever touched me and said I was to tell a grown-up when it happened to me or somebody I know.”
“Your dad is very smart.” Jade told Sapphire what Angie had told her. “Can you contact Quentin? He’ll need to come here, too. He’s going to be pissed about this.”
Sapphire told her he was aware and should be there by the time they got there. She told her that they were only about two minutes away. There was a loud noise in the front office and the door slammed open to show that Quentin had made it before they did. And saying he was pissed would be an understatement.
The police were called in , but things went from bad to worse in a matter of seconds. Ben had barricaded the door and held the kids hostage with a gun. Jade had been moved out of the building to one of the police cars along with Angie. Quentin had only said three words to her when he’d gotten there, and those were clipped and harsh. She knew that things were not going to get any better either.
“Quentin is trying to talk to the teacher. I had no idea he could do that, but the police said he’s one of the best when it comes to this type of situation.” Jade was glad that something was going right and thanked Sapphire for telling her. “He’s trying to get Ben to let the children go and to turn himself in before it gets worse.”
“What if he hurts one of the children? More, I mean…what if he hurts one of them more?” Sapphire said that they were handling it. “I have to do something. I can’t just sit here.”
When Sapphire told her to sit still , Jade got out of the car and stood up. She reached beyond the woods and found three of her buddies. Two were bears and one was a large snake. Emerald had told her that Ben was a wolf like them. She told them what was going on.
“I’m coming out to work with you. Jeremy, I want you to get inside the building from the back and open the door for the rest of us.” Jeremy told her he was nearly inside now. Jade worked her way to the back of the building until she found the door that led to the playgrounds.
When the door clicked unlocked , she waited several seconds to make sure that Jeremy shifted back to human. Gilly, one of the bears, had brought his clothes with him and tossed them into the room just before all three went in. Shifting to their animals, Jade led
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