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slowly.   “A helicopter took me to my old house this morning.  If both of us disappeared at the same time, people would get suspicious, don’t you think?  But I’m transfering out, as of tomorrow.  Anyway, may I go on?”
    I crossed my arms.  “Please.”
    Dustin cleared his throat.  “Well, umm…soon after my mother died, my dad quit his job.  Refused to speak to anyone.  Even me.  But then, one day he came up with this big idea.  He wouldn’t say what it was exactly.  Just that it would change the world and make it a better place.  He started calling in favors and that’s how this organization began.  C.I.A.T., Children In Attentive Training.  Schools and camps started to pop up all over the place, teaching kids within the age range of five to seventeen how to do everything, be everything.  I had never seen anything like it.
    “Of course, I started attending one of his schools right away.  And I did live in Florida.  That much is true.  And not to brag or anything, but now I can do anything.  Pick locks, use various types of guns, drive a car, even construct one.  You name it.  However, there’s one thing that separates me from the rest of the students.  Apparently I’m a smooth talker.  I can make anyone do just about anything I want.  So that’s why I’m what my dad calls the Recruiter.  I persuade kids to leave their homes and come join us.  Sometimes Dad gets a little impatient, though.”
    He paused, glancing at me.  “Heard enough?”
    I shook my head.  “Not in the least.  Go on.”
    Dustin sighed, going on to tell me that I was his biggest challenge.  The first girl his age that he ever had to recruit.  He had been given orders to gain my trust and persuade me to come join him, like usual.  If that didn’t work, he’d have had to force me.  According to him, something changed.  He wasn’t counting on liking me or making any friends.  The time that he spent with me and the others had been the most fun he had since his mom died.
    “That’s why you have to believe me,” he continued.  “I never wanted to trick you.  I was just…doing my job.  My dad’s tactics aren’t the greatest.  Sometimes in order to pass their exams, the students have to do things that aren’t exactly legal.”
    Dustin looked away.  “I was supposed to take you sooner, but I got stupid and took my time.  Then, when he gave me that necklace, I knew what his intentions were.  I got paranoid and tried to get you as far away as possible, but they found us.  I’m so sorry, Lily, but whatever he has planned has to be something good.  He said so himself.”
    This sounded more like a question than a conviction to me.  He finished talking and looked at me suspiciously, wondering why I was being so quiet.  My mind whirled with all he had just told me.  All this information was a lot to process all at once.  He still stared at me, expecting me to say something.
    “So you persuade people to come here, like, of their own free will?  Does that mean I can leave if you haven’t convinced me?”
    He looked at the floor.  “Like I said, you’re…special.”
    “Then I guess we’re done talking.” I said, already turning away.  “Can you leave?”
    He just looked at me for a minute, a little taken aback.  “Yes, I can leave if you want me to.  Is that all you have to say?  Any questions or anything?”
    I just shook my head.  He turned to leave.  
    “And Dustin,” I called.
    He froze, looking back at me over his shoulder.  “Yeah?”
    “Maybe you liked me a little back at home, but here we’re not friends.  I don’t think we ever can be friends again.  You only told me about your mom so that I’d feel sorry for you.  It was all just one big game.  I don’t care what your excuse is, this whole idea of your dad’s isn’t normal.  And if you had any kind of brain, you would know that.  Believe whatever you want to believe, but just to make things absolutely