Elle looked around the classroom and said, “I don’t know. I didn’t see him this morning but was too distracted by you and Luke to realize he wasn’t here.”
Lizzie frowned and wondered if he had called in sick or if there was some other reason he wasn’t in school today. She chewed on a fingernail as she looked around at the students in the classroom.
“I have a feeling we’ll be safe as long as it’s not dark out,” Lizzie told Elle.
“Why do you say that?”
“Both of the attacks happened at night,” Lizzie said. “No one has reported anyone being killed during the day.”
“But it’s just started, so who knows?” Elle said.
Even though she knew differently, Lizzie nodded her head in agreement.
The rest of the day felt strange to Lizzie. The atmosphere was charged as students and teachers
