Thread:Thunderbird1InternationalRescue/@comment-25600892-20170603135414/@comment-25372003-20170610175337

Oh yes:

The next day at school, Lynn Sr. was taking attendance.

"Lucy," called Lynn Sr.

"Here," said Lucy.

"Karen," called Lynn Sr.

There was no response.

"Karen," Lynn Sr. called again.

Again, there was no response.

"Probably late," Lynn Sr. thought.

Lynn Sr. marked Karen as absent and set the roster down on his desk.

"Now," said Lynn Sr., "before we start, has anybody seen Karen?"

"Nope," said a boy, "sorry."

"Lucy," asked Lynn Sr., "have you seen Karen?"

But the only response Lynn Sr. got was that Lucy fell out of her seat and began to cry.

"Oh, come here," said Lynn Sr.

Lynn Sr. hugged Lucy and rubbed her back while she cried into his chest.

"Mr. Loud," asked another boy, "is there anything we can do to help?"

"Just give us some time," said Lynn Sr., "I'd suggest going to the library for some free reading time."

"Alright," said the boy.

The rest of the students left, leaving Lynn Sr. with his daughter. About 5 minutes later, Lucy was starting to calm down, but she was still upset.

"Come on, Lucy," said Lynn Sr., "let's go talk to Mr. Percival."

With that, they went down to the principal, Mr. Peregrine Percival,'s ofice and found him sitting at his desk, snacking on a bag of pretzels and watching Netflix on his computer.

"Why, hello, Mr. Loud," said Mr. Percival, "what can I do for you?"

Lynn Sr. explained the situation to Mr. Percival, whose cheerful face then grew sad.

"I'm really sorry to hear that, Lucy," said Mr. Percival, "Tell you what, why don't you have the rest of the week off to relax?"

"Thank you," said Lucy.

With that, Lynn Sr. dropped Lucy off back at the Loud/Hardy residence and drove back to the school.