She frowned and held up the note from his homeroom teacher. “Your teacher says you missed every class after recess this week. What’s going on?” Lukas hesitated, then decided to tell her everything—the dogs, the barking, the circle around the tree.
His mother’s face tightened with disbelief. “You expect me to believe that? That you were watching dogs bark at a tree? What else are you hiding? Are you getting into trouble? Or worse, running with the wrong crowd?” Her worry turned into frustration.