6. Courtney’s Story
Ben
The Soda Fountain of Youth was packed when we got there. We were able to get a table in the back and the attention of one of the part-time waitresses who was filling in until they could replace Billy. It wasn’t the ideal place for a debriefing, but it was public, which would hopefully prevent any Splinter-related interruptions.
That just left trying to figure out how Courtney Haddad fit into all of this.
Neither Mina nor I knew much about her, aside from reputation. Haley had pointed her out in the lunchroom when showing me the various important people in school. I knew Courtney was an overachiever; senior class president, editor of the school newspaper, counselor’s aide, member of about a half dozen clubs. She ran track in the spring, was almost a certain lock
