Chapter 4Jonas feared he’d be sick when he pushed open the door to the cafe. Why had he agreed to meet Abe Cooper? All day he’d tried to come up with a plausible excuse not to go, but every time he’d seen Abe during the day, he’d smiled or touched his shoulder and ended their conversations with ‘see you at six’.
He’d seen more of Abe than he ever did of Karen which was strange considering Abe only taught gym and didn’t really need to be in the main building.
“Jonas!” Abe was sitting by the corner table, a beer in front of him.
Jonas sighed and went over there. Dread curled in his belly like a chilled snake. “Hi.”
“You made it.” Abe grinned.
“Said I would, didn’t I?”
“Mr. Raghnall.” Chloe, a girl in tenth grade, bounced on the balls of her feet by the table while grinning widely. “Are
