The Fourth Stall

Mac asks Fred to stay after school for the meeting with Staples, not revealing to Fred who will be coming. Fred is surprised by Staples’s arrival but not as shocked as Mac thought he might be. Staples assumes that Mac is ready to come work for him, but Mac turns the tables on him, revealing that he knows Staples’s real name, address, and record. Mac tells Staples to pull his operation from the elementary school and leave his friends alone. If Staples refuses, Mac’s friends, who are at Staples’s shed right now, will turn in incriminating evidence to the police, kidnap his dog, and leave her in a field. They are also finding the money and reclaiming it. Staples gets angry and denies having taken the money, but Mac reveals at this point that he knows who the real snitch is: Fred. Fred has been taking notes about Mac’s business on his DS and sending them in real time to Staples. Mac figured this out when he saw a DS in Staples’s desk drawer and found the messages. Also, Fred was able to note the location of Mac’s money when he was in Mac’s room playing video games.