Mountain Peril (2010)
“The door was cracked open just enough for Jack to hear inside. He listened for Danielle, but he could only make out Nathan Webster’s voice. “I can’t believe this has happened. A student murdered? We’ll be lucky if we have any applications for next year’s freshman class.”
“We’ll have time to worry about that after we’ve faced this latest crisis. Now’s not the time to discuss next fall,” Jeff Newman replied.
“Maybe not for you, but it’s my family’s endowment that’s on the line here. Who’d want to... come to a school that can’t even protect its students? You’d better be thinking of some way to counter all the bad press we’re going to get over this.”
A chair scraped on the floor. “Don’t worry, Nathan. I will.”
Jack raised his fist and knocked. To his surprise Danielle flung the door open. Tears streaked her face. He cleared his throat and looked past her to Nathan and Jeff. “Excuse me. I hope I’m not interrupting.”
Jeff and Nathan turned to face him as Jack walked into the room.MoreLess
“We’ll have time to worry about that after we’ve faced this latest crisis. Now’s not the time to discuss next fall,” Jeff Newman replied.
“Maybe not for you, but it’s my family’s endowment that’s on the line here. Who’d want to... come to a school that can’t even protect its students? You’d better be thinking of some way to counter all the bad press we’re going to get over this.”
A chair scraped on the floor. “Don’t worry, Nathan. I will.”
Jack raised his fist and knocked. To his surprise Danielle flung the door open. Tears streaked her face. He cleared his throat and looked past her to Nathan and Jeff. “Excuse me. I hope I’m not interrupting.”
Jeff and Nathan turned to face him as Jack walked into the room.MoreLess
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