Mary had just begn her thorough search of the gym office when Maddy made her presence known. Maddy had followed the girl she thought was her friend Ruby to the gym. She was surprised when Ruby pulled out a set of keys that gave her access to Mr Cotter's locked office. Where had she got those keys from? Ruby would be in big trouble if she was caught and why was she now all dressed up? Maddy could only guess that perhaps Ruby was meeting a lover, that might explain the dress and heels.
The apparent Ruby was checking behind Mr Cotter's desk and jumped in shock when Maddy opened her mouth "What are you doing Ruby? You will get into big trouble if Mr Cotter catches you"
"Maddy! What are you doing here?"
"Trying to stop you doing something stupid. What are you doing? Did you steal Mr Cotter's keys?"
"No..... I ... er .... I have Mr Cotter's permission. He gave me the keys"
"Your not fooling around with a teacher are you! Thta's going too far Ruby! You will get expelled and Mr Cotter will get sacked!"
"No! No! It's nothing like that! Mr Cotter wouldn't fool around with a student!"
"I don't know about that. I reckon he's a real letch! He always picks you to demonstrate things because he loves the way your boobs bounce!"
Mary (formerly Mr Cotter) blushed - Maddy's statement was true - she had to think carefully before replying "Nonsense. He just chooses students he knows will demonstrate activities correctly" Mary knew that was nonsense. As Anthony Cotter he had enjoyed the way Ruby Donaldson's voluptuous body wobbled in all the right ways when she exercised
"If you say so" Maddy emphasised her sarcasm "Why are you dressed up? Who are you meeting?"
"Er....... I'm not meeting anyone. I'm just looking for something that has been misplaced"
"Oh you mean Mr Jacobs' medallion that you were looking for in the store room?"
That statement got Mary's full attention "You know about the medallion? Have you seen it?"
"You're the one who told me about it"
"I did?"
"What's wrong with you Ruby? You are behaving so weird"
Mary felt like admitting who she really was. She didn't like to lie but what choice did she have? Kim had been most adamant that she needed to keep the knowledge as to what had happened to the smallest number of people possible "We have to find this medallion. It's most important. Since you know what it looks like, help me look"
Maddy was only too happy to help. The two girls scoured every inch of the office and the washroom. Not finding anything they even checked the boys dressing room and the showers where as Mr Cotter, Mary had originally found Jake. They found no sign of the medallion