Amy's POV
Rio had said nothing about it at first.
That was the part that got me when I found out not that he'd seen it, but that he'd sat on it quietly, turning it over, making sure of what he had before he brought it anywhere. That was so completely him that I almost smiled when Mia told me, even through the exhaustion of the whole thing.
He'd been arriving early for his shift on Friday morning, coming in through the side entrance that ran parallel to the lockers by the science corridor. Arabelle hadn't seen him. She'd had no reason to be looking, the corridor had been empty as far as she was concerned, early enough that most people hadn't arrived yet, which was of course the point. He'd watched her check both directions, open my bag where it hung on the hook beneath my locker, drop t
