When I enter the school the next day, I immediately walk up to the second floor. I see Mrs. Brooks sitting in her office, along with another teacher; it's a shared office. I knock on the door and then open it slightly. Mrs. Brooks and the other teacher both look up. "Ma'am, can I speak to you for a moment?" My mentor glances at me, then at her colleague. "Sure, should I help you find a room?" She's quickly interrupted by her colleague. "Just stay here, I have some things to take care of outside the office." Before I know it, the other teacher is out of the office, and it's just the two of us.
I show her the photo I took yesterday of the broken camera. "I think the perpetrator damaged it in the hope of not getting any good footage of the crime." Mrs. Brooks looks at me briefly and then back at the photo. "You need to tell the police this." I hesitate briefly and then tell her what was on my mind all afternoon yesterday. "I don't want to get even more involved in all this. I mean, I'm the only one they know was in the hallway at the time of the theft, and I didn't hear or see anything; I might as well have done it myself. I'd rather just stay out of it." Mrs. Brooks tries to convince me, but I tell her that the police will see it one of these days anyway; they were going to review the camera footage today. "You know what, let's just figure out what's going on ourselves before we go to the police. Does that sound good?" I nod to indicate that I agree with her plan.
We're making a quick plan; Mrs. Brooks will check the official documents and schedules these days to see if she has access to them. And I'll keep an eye out for any suspicious behavior and report it to her. The plan is mainly to not get too involved in all this, but just to be extra vigilant. And as soon as we have enough information that won't get us into more trouble, we'll go to the police. That is, of course, if the situation isn't resolved by then.