What Roy Did

Ethan's text message read:

"Master Ryan, I've found the results you asked for and some additional information that I think you should know: -

1. Rollen Boy’s School had only ever had one holiday trip, which was three years ago.

2. The trip was initially divided into a sea group and a mountain group, but the mountain group was canceled the day before the trip, leaving half of the children without the chance to go on the holiday.

3. After canceling the mountain group, the school made some adjustments, pulling some kids from the sea group and replacing them with the children from the mountain group.

4. The kids who got to go on the trip and those who didn’t had different backgrounds. The former were all from wealthy families; the latter were all orphans.

5. There was one exception: Mr. Neil. Mr. Neil was the only orphan who went on the holiday trip."

This last point struck a chord with my deepest fears. Since Neil was the only orphan who went on the sea trip, it meant Roy had his eye on