"It's easy," Bigby said with a wide grin. "Ask to use the bathroom. Leave without taking the pass. Wait until the bell shifts and then never show up to your next class. Piece of cake. No one ever checks the stairwells."

It was such a simple way to get out of school that Bigby almost felt insulted. It really didn't take a criminal mastermind - any idiot could figure it out. When Scott mentions his mom, however, something changes in Bigby's face.

"Maybe you should go to class," he says abruptly. "Don't want your mom to get that sort of call."