Out in the hallway of the classroom.
"Why didn't you come to class yesterday?" Tiffany Gasper asked with a serious look on her face.
"..." Ella Lacey felt that the answer to this question was evident from her appearance - wasn't it clear from her hair and clothes?
She didn't respond, but Tiffany didn't press her. Instead, she moved on, "Why didn't you take a leave of absence yourself? Why did someone else need to call me to ask for your leave?"
Someone else asked for her leave?
Ella looked slightly surprised, but presupposed that only two people would possibly do such a thing - Sally Jefferson, or Louis Jefferson.
However, since Sally was with her all day yesterday, the person who requested her leave must have been Louis?
But, in any case, she never would have imagined that Arthur Lindsey had realized she was skipping school. Consequently, he had Dilbert Walker call homeroom teacher Tiffany Gasper to inform her right away.
