The police sirens stopped wailing just as Detective Sarah Coleman walked through the front doors of Brookside High. She was a woman in her forties with sharp eyes and a no nonsense attitude that made Principal Morris straighten his tie without thinking about it. Behind her came two uniformed officers and a technical specialist carrying a laptop case.
"I'm Detective Coleman," she said, showing her badge to Morris. "I understand we have three missing students who may have left the country."
"That's correct," Morris said, leading her toward his office where the parents were still waiting. "Mrs. Kenner and Mrs. Torres are here, along with Sofia Martinez, our attendance officer who discovered the digital evidence."
