Considering how the start of my stealthy sneak attack began, my hopes for a full-on successful mission were as low as the dog poop I squished into the ground.  Almost certainly, I had tweaked every muscle in my upper body in my fruitless attempt to regain my balance and maintain my secretive movements.  All that aside, the fat bald man was still in a coma of sleep that one could only dream of; pure blissful sleep.You must keep in mind, my dear reader, that I was purely taking this stranger for his word or at least for the word he had scribbled on that sheet of paper, TANNELL.  Most of the population knew of Mrs. Tannell, her reputation did not precede her.  Any whack job with a sharpie could make a sketchy sign trying to lure a child into his windowless van.My life had been a rollercoaster of fear and despair for the last week, so I was willing to risk it all to see if this sleeping slob was able to help or protect me.  If things went horribl

Acting as casual as possible, I entered the school with a saddened look on my face.  My hope was that admin would lay off of me and let me slide with minimal excuses.  The problem was Mr. Kell was running the front desk right now.  Mr. Kell had been at the school almost as long as Mrs. Tannell and he was a crotchety old man.  Rumor has it, he scolded a young girl for coming in late with a doctor’s note and a cast on both arms after she had been hit by a car.  Poor girl went to the doctor, got her arms worked on, and still came to school on the same day.  Mr. Kell was ruthless.I slowly crept into the school still working on my plan as I had no doctor’s note and really had not even settled on a story to tell this living dinosaur.  Immediately, I could feel his laser beam eyes