Chapter 15Ashley WHEN I RETURNED, the lights in my classroom were still on. That meant the custodians were probably still around. I tapped the doorknob. The storms over, the portal closed, and no closer to finding Fritz, I cleared my desk, grabbed my keys and started for home. Before I reached the parking lot, my phone buzzed. “Where have you been?” “Hi Natalie, how goes your day?” “Where are you now?” “Just leaving school. Why?” “Stay put. Brian Shaw just called me. Sandy O'Connor had a car accident. She blamed you.” “Me? I haven't left here. Well, not the school property anyway.” “I'll be there in five minutes.” I walked across the parking lot to my, well, other me's, car. Intending to sit and wait for her, I saw it had been damaged, hit broadside. “Now what?” Obviously, someone

