Chapter 154

"I got the impression Mr. Stewart may have been withholding information about my cabin next to the school from me." Hope didn't know how to mention what she'd overheard, so she kept it to herself.

"We were just sayin' we think this whole thing is a little suspicious, Hope, and you need to be careful." Doc looked more concerned than Hope could've ever imagined was necessary, and she felt her stomach tighten with worry.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, we don't know anythin' for sure," Nita said, seeming to try to calm her son. "But… Mr. Canton and Mr. Jones said they come into a donation to get the house built and they'd be willin' to let Mr. Stewart take the credit so long as the school board approved the structure," Nita explained.

"All right…." Hope wasn't sure where this was going.