Inescapable History, Inescapable Fates

The worst spy in all of England

"I reiterate: he is clearly a spy," Pez said.

"The worst spy in all of England," Henry replied, turning the wallet over in his hand. Alex had still been asleep the next morning and Henry had taken it, after much deliberation, for further inspection. Further inspection had revealed a phone number etched into the leather in tiny letters. He had shown Pez during lunch, and Pez had dragged Henry back to his room to get the full story of the night before and pin things on his pinboard. "I don't think I need to share a room with him, we can spy from a distance."

"You already secured a lead! One we could never have found if you weren't sharing a room."

"Pez, when he sleeps he snuffles and speaks gibberish."

"Is it loud?" Pez asked, clearly not understanding,

"No, it's adorable," Henry ran his finger over the phone number, forlorn, "and I can't handle being in the same room as unconscious Alex Claremont-Diaz snuffling and saying random words in Spanish. Bloody hell Pez, the top song on my Spotify right now is God Save The Queen."

Pez burst into laughter.

"It's not funny, it's tragic!" Henry protested, glowing pink. This made Pez laugh harder.

"No more stalling." Pez said, looking at the wallet, "Call the number."

Henry swallowed and typed in the digits, putting the phone on speaker. It rang. Once. Twice.

"Alex?" A man answered with a breathless British accent. Pez scribbled "British" on a whiteboard he got from god knows where.

"Umm, hello," Henry said,

"Who are you? How did you get this number?"

"Umm..." These were very good questions. Henry did not have answers for these questions, he had not actually thought they would get this far. He looked to Pez in panic.

"We're Alex's friends. He is really sick right now and we were trying to reach his parents... he had this number written down.." Pez said, saving Henry.

"Oh- I'm his stepfather. Is he Ok? Can I talk to him?" There was a slight pause, "Does he want to talk to me?"

"Um... he is currently-" Pez looked to Henry,

"-Incapacitated-" Henry said,

"-Incapacitated-" Pez repeated, "Can we give him a message?"

The man was silent for a moment, "Tell him I love him. And he can call anytime he wants."

"Ok. Umm... Is there any other... he seemed really upset, do you have his mom's number?" Henry asked,

"His mom is not with us any longer."

Henry blinked in shock, "Oh I'm sorry, " Pez motioned for him to keep talking, "Well, bye." Henry said and hung up.