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CHAPTER NINEAbel felt bad as he walked to school. Obviously he’d lost his job at the donut shop. The money he was making had meant a lot to him. If Sarah Suarez stayed missing, her mother would be so distraught she’d probably close the place anyway. It would go the way of the hardware store and the chicken place. It’d be just another empty building with the dreaded sign in the window: “En renta”. . . “For lease.” Only nobody ever leased them.
Poor Claudia, Abel thought. She was out of a job too. She might have to quit that private school she loved so much. It was a total bummer for all involved.
As Abel walked to school, he called Claudia. He told her everything that had happened this morning. When he was done, Claudia groaned. “Oh Abel, what a horrible thing to have happen! And t
