Follow Sarah's experience

Sarah is placed in a quiet conference room while Willard reports to principal Myers. "What is going on in this school?" the girl hears the principal say through the thick cotton batting in her brain. "First, we discover a drunken teacher, and now a drunken sophomore! Was Mrs. Olsen drinking with her students? We have to inform Sarah Billings' parents. And we have to find out what has happened this morning. The reputation of this school must be preserved, and ..." Myers' voice fades as he walks over to the office rooms, and Sarah is now alone. Looking around in the spinning room, she discovers an emergency exit leading to the fire escape. A daring plan begins to form in the girl's befuddled mind. She has not the slightest desire to be picked up and lectured by her angry mother. What she wants is more wine, or any kind of ****! Sarah jumps up determinedly and throws herself against the crash bar, opening the door and activating the alarm. Quick as a weasel, she stumbles down the metal steps and disappears into the bushes before anyone is able to follow her. Beaming and very proud of herself, she returns to the spot of their earlier party and promptly discovers the last unbroken wine bottle. Half an hour later, the bottle is empty, and Sarah is fast asleep in the grass. What she doesn't know is that the principal's office, unable to reach her mother at work, has just contacted her older sister Mary.