Chapter 6: What Deal?

I blinked.

“What deal?”

His jaw tightened.

“Don’t make a scene. Come with me.”

Before I could demand answers, he turned and walked away.

Against every instinct, I followed.

He led me through a side hallway behind the gymnasium.

Past the music room.

Past the trophy cases.

Past the stage.

Finally he stopped outside a small storage closet.

He opened the door.

A single flickering bulb illuminated the room.

A man sat on an overturned bucket.

Gray hair.

Tired eyes.

Slumped shoulders.

Then he looked up.

And I recognized him instantly.

My entire body went rigid.

“You?”

Darren stood so quickly he nearly hit his head on a shelf.

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