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On the way to her house I decided to try my theory, even though my mom was jamming to some Amy Grant tune on the oldies Christian radio station. "So I'll check into that stuff for class tonight and let you know."

"Awesome," Lucy said, nodding. "I'm sure I'll rest a lot better if you can figure out the answer to that one problem that really stumped me."

"Me, too," I agreed.

"What class is that for?" my mom asked.

I decided it would be better if only one of us answered, so I waited. "Biology," Lucy replied, leaning forward like my mom may as well know everything. "We had such a difficult lesson today," she continued. "Human anatomy!"

"Ugh, that does sound hard," my mom agreed. And actually, it wasn't even a lie. Mr. Horton had covered the digestive system todaythough Lucy's answer also fit with our conundrum. Was Jack even a human anymore?

We pulled up outside Lucy's house, and she said, "Thanks a lot, Mrs. F."