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She hesitated, as if she expected him to elaborate about his conversation with Callie. Although he would like to have gotten her advice about Callie finding the drugs on Ben, he couldn’t. That would betray her trust and have huge negative consequences for Ben.
“Are you sure about that?” she pressed.
Spencer nodded, eager to be on his way, and then hesitated. Ms. Goodwin had her suspicions, and that wasn’t a good thing.
“It was no big deal, really. If you must know, Callie needed a bit of help understanding some of the technical aspects of the computer. I was able to advise her.”
Spencer could tell by the way she regarded him that she didn’t believe him.
“I heard about Ben Rhodes and Scott getting into it this afternoon at lunch. Did that have anything to do with you and Callie?”
“You’ll need to ask them,” Spencer said, unwilling to divulge anything more.
“Coach wasn’t happy.”
Spencer snickered. “I bet not.”
“Apparently both Ben and Scott have trigger tempers.”
Spencer was all too well aware of that.
“You don’t need to worry, Ms. Goodwin, it’s all good.”
She appeared relieved.
As he left the school, Spencer noticed Scott and Ben out on the track field running laps. Coach Simmons stood on the outskirts with his arms crossed. Both boys looked exhausted.
Spencer couldn’t have kept the smile from his face, even if he’d tried.
