Clentine:
Miss Rue had her eyes wide open as she watched until she placed a hand on her chest and smiled, holding sushi rolls in her other hand.
"Oh my god, I almost forgot I had asked you to co," she laughed, walking inside and taking her seat. "Do you want this?" she asked, pointing at the sushi rolls.
I forced a smile onto my lips and shook my head.
"No, I actually already ate. I’m not even sure how I’ll finish what’s left on my plate." I laughed, trying to sound casual.
But whatever I heard and whatever I read in Bodhi’s diary just made so bitter.
"As everybody left, I thought about all the squadmates we had lost," I uttered, watching her reaction closely.
"Oh yeah, it must be so hard. Were you guys close?" she asked, not particularly ntioning anyone.
" and Bodhi were." As soon as I said that, I watched her slow down, even taking extra ti to swallow the bite already in her mouth.
Once she did, she cleared her throat, but she didn’t eat again right away. Instead, she took a drink first, probably to clear her throat well and buy so ti to gather her thoughts.
"You two shared a lot of talks then?" she asked, pretending to stay busy with her food. But she wasn’t.
"Yeah, he was really anxious in the last few days, speaking about weird things," I mumbled, pouting and looking around.
"About what? If you let know, I’ll help you with it. I an, I told you, you can always co to your ringleader when you need sothing sorted out." She asked so lovingly, as if she was honestly going to help.
"Yeah, he was talking about the North and weird stuff, like the sa questions we had, but he said he had so proof," I mumbled, watching her raise her eyebrow and take a big bite of her roll.
"What proof?" she asked, barely able to speak with her mouth full. I guessed that was her trick, masking her emotions behind a bite too big for words to co out clearly.
"He said he had a small diary. Not like the big one. He used to carry many, but then he had this one yellow diary. He said he had buried it sowhere around the academy, where he had hidden all the answers. And now that I’m here, I’ve been wondering what to do, where to start." I pouted and rolled my eyes, because it was going to be a hassle to find sothing that probably didn’t exist, especially on property this big.
"Did he give you any direction? Like anything? He couldn’t just possibly tell you to find it on the property. It’s a big land," Miss Rue asked, full of compassion and interest. She wasn’t even focused on her food anymore. She was all ears.
"He said he would, but before that he self-exited. So I’m not sure," I sighed, looking down.
"Well, I would suggest you leave it alone. Given his condition, he was acting weird," she said instantly, eager to tell not to focus on it.
I began to shake my head, giving her a very sad look. The silence hung between us, with both of us just staring.
"Of course, I’m not going to dig out every area, but maybe soday I will find it. I an, it was his last wish that I read that small notebook." I shrugged, mumbling the rest under my breath.
"Well, thank you so much for letting know. If I could get my hands on it, I will definitely let you know." As soon as she said that, I shook my head.
"No, he said not to tell anybody else. He said only I should find it. Please, promise , Miss Rue. You will not tell anyone." I purposely put force into my words, demanding the promise.
And the look on her face told the promise she was about to make was going to be fake.
"Sure," she uttered. Then she looked down, appearing confused.
"Anyway, I’ll leave for my room now. I’m tired. I’ll just go to bed," I excused myself, getting up. "Thank you so much for asking to sit with you. It really uplifted my mood. Good night, Miss Rue." I gave her a smile.
"Good night, Clentine," she voiced.
I paused only to turn around and give her a smile of appreciation before walking out of her room.
When I walked out of her office, I noticed that Ms. Lenora and Mr. Rick were already leaving their office, carrying empty food trays, when they ca upon .
"What are you doing here?" Mr. Rick’s voice was harsh when he questioned .
"Miss. Rue had asked to dine with her," I stated with a smile.
I could only guess that the looks on their faces ca from the fact that they’d been having a very juicy conversation. They were probably wondering if I’d heard anything or not. And then they had so registers on the big table and I read the headline of one in passing.
"Good night," I said without stopping for any more discussion, and I could tell they didn’t want to discuss anything with either.
They always gave weird looks, almost like I was the crazy one.
Once I was upstairs again and running through the hall, I made it to the corridor and then to my dorm room. I closed the door and sat down on my bed, already tapping my finger on my chin.
I knew what to do. I had to call my squadmates.
But how?
I only knew that there was a phone booth. But I didn’t know the numbers for their suites and cabins.
For that, I’d have to go back into the basent where the ringleaders slept one more ti.
I vaguely rembered a big register with ’Vacations’ written on it when I left Miss Rue’s main office. There had been a big table and a few chairs for the ringleaders, where they probably discussed things. It was right in the hall of the basent.
That must be it.
So now, I have another task in hand.
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