CHAPTER 19

Cole’s face looked better the following Monday. For those who asked what happened, and there were quite a few, he made up different stories. By third period the gossip was that he intercepted a drug deal and barely made it out alive. Others argued that he had been drag racing in his jeep and crashed it. This theory was supported by the absence of his vehicle. The last excuse was the least credible, that he got into a fight over another girl. Everyone knew that Cole was dating Katie. What they...