Chapter 3
Howie stopped at the desk of the gym to sign out a locker key. Chris, the young counter attendant greeted him.
“Hey, Mr. Bosley.”
Howie smiled back at the handsome teenager. It seemed strange to him to be addressed so formally. He wasn’t all that much older than Chris. Or maybe he was. He was approaching thirty. Where had the time gone?
“Sorry, but the computers are down,” Chris said, handing Howie a clipboard with a key sign out sheet on it.
“No problem, Chris. How are you?” Howie asked as he printed his name on the paper.
Chris handed him his key. “Doing great. Just two more weeks until graduation.”
“What are your plans?”
“I’ll work here for the summer, and then I’m off to State.”
Howie smiled. He and his cronies, Kelly and Ernie, had also gone to the state university.
