Chapter 2
Nolan Young sat in his car and stared at the outside of the house where he’d grown up. He wanted to drive away, keep driving until he was far away. Maybe never stop driving. Could he be far enough from here?
He clenched his eyes shut. If only he could wish this away. He could hope his old man wasn’t even at home. But he never got that lucky.
He wished he could afford to move away and never look back. But where would he get enough money for his own place? Rent was expensive and he couldn’t afford it on a minimum wage job with no college degree.
Leaning his forehead against the steering wheel, Nolan knew he was only delaying the inevitable. Yet he didn’t move. His mind wandered instead to his earlier encounter with Leo Winthrop. Oh, he’d seen Leo around. Leo with his black hair
