Sydney Thompson

Sydney Thompson former esteemed housemaster, now disgraced, he couldn't bring his mind to say the word sits in his room or rather, his sisters spare bedroom and turns Jake's mobile phone over and over in his hand, as if handling the phone somehow connects his back to the boy, that boy.
He's suddenly jolted back into the room by the phones vibration, he looks at the screen.
'txt message'
he opens it
'missing you'
'Jack Shappard'
Sydney blinks.
What Jack Shappard the headmaster, he thinks.