While Vivianne was searching Gerallt's room, the children were at school, where Tina was putting her brother's plan into action. Excusing herself from class, Matt's sister headed for the cafeteria instead of the girl's restroom. It took only seconds to duct-tape the modified microcassette recorder to the bottom of the table where the three bullies always ate. On her way back, she paused briefly outside the detention room's open door and gave Matt and Gerallt the thumbs up before heading back to class. Now they could only wait and hope that their plan would work.
The lunch bell rang, the alarm clock reached its set time, and the hidden tape recorder silently started recording. Seven minutes later, Colin, Clayton, and Dylan arrived, carrying their trays and their bad attitudes.
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