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pretty sure he was being taunted about Peyton. That always sets him off.”
    “What is Peyton like? Doesn’t she stand up to Amber?”
    “Peyton is very sweet. Smart too. I don’t understand why she even goes near Amber.”
    Susan helped Janet for a while, then headed home.
    Janet stepped out to use the restroom. She was startled to see a grown man in a business suit standing outside the media center.
    “Sir, what are you doing here? I don’t see an ID badge.”
    “ID badge? I’m supervising the construction project. Our copier broke so I was just coming by to see if there was one in the media center that we could use.”
    “I don’t know how you got past the front desk,” said Janet firmly. “You always have to show your license. I think I’ll call the office and get someone to escort you out.”
    “That’s not necessary. I’m going. I’ll try the Office Max down the road.”
    Janet watched the man walk down the hall past Julie Martin’s classroom and go through the exit door. Then she called the office and alerted them about the stranger on campus.

Chapter 14

    The alarm went off at five am. Susan hoisted herself out of bed and pulled on her sweat pants. Ludwig and Johann were cuddled on top of the bedspread. Mike was still fast asleep.
    “Come on, Mike. Time to go for our walk.” Susan shook her husband’s shoulder.
    “This is crazy. It’s five am.”
    “I don’t like it any better than you do, but since you won’t be home until late tonight, we have to get our walk in now.”
    Mike grumbled and slowly got out of bed. “At least you get to come home and go back to sleep. I have a long day ahead of me.”
    “Ah, the joys of being retired,” said Susan.
    They locked the door behind them and set out toward the school. “Aren’t we supposed to add mileage today?” he asked.
    “Yes. We can do a few laps around the track when we get to the school,” said Susan. The chilly morning air made them quicken the pace. They got to the school in record time and did two laps around the track as Susan had suggested.
    Then they decided to go around the science building and take the short cut home. The sun was rising over the mountains and Susan switched off the headlamp she was wearing.
    “You know that thing looks ridiculous, don’t you?” said Mike.
    “Maybe so, but it certainly is functional.” She had gotten the idea from watching some teams on The Amazing Race . She stopped dead in her tracks. They had turned the corner of the science building and were at the dirt construction site. “What’s that on the ground next to that bulldozer over there in the middle of the construction site? Is it a person?”
    “That’s weird,” said Mike. They hurried closer. Susan spotted it first.
    “Oh my God, it’s…a trampled body.” A motionless heap in a yellow slicker was laying in the path of the bulldozer. The person had obviously been run over. Susan felt as if she was going to vomit. This was the second dead body she’d discovered this year and this one looked particularly gruesome.
    “Don’t touch her,” warned Mike. Susan had no intention of touching the mangled body. The body was face down and looked to be the size and shape of a woman. Mike looked for signs of life but it was obvious that this person was dead. “I’m calling Lynette right now,” he said.
    Susan knew that Mike felt every bit as upset as she did, but he always kept his cool during emergencies. Then Susan had a horrid thought. She felt herself turning pale and for a moment was worried that she was going to faint. “That’s the back door to Julie’s classroom. I hope that isn’t Julie lying there. There was a School Advisory meeting last night and she was, I mean is, the faculty representative. Maybe she decided to walk home afterwards.”
    Mike paused for a minute. “I don’t think it’s her. You told me that she was spooked the other day thinking she was being followed. I doubt she’d walk home in the dark, and in