Shark by Jeff Ross

Author:Jeff Ross
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459816848
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2017-12-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

In the morning Mom let me know she had the weekend off. This didn’t happen very often. For once she was going to be able to stay home, which worked perfectly for War’s plan. I didn’t even have to worry about leaving Wendy alone. I’d spent most of the night trying to figure a way out of this but knew there weren’t any. So I made up an imaginary friend to go out with and lied to my mother.

“I might end up staying at his place,” I said.

“How come I haven’t met this friend before?” Mom asked.

“We ended up in a group at school. I’ve started hanging out with him. We have a project we need to get done.” It all felt so awful. I hate lying to my mother. It was something my father did as well, always glancing at me to go along with him as he did it.

“Well, Wendy and I can have some girl time then.” I wasn’t certain how happy Wendy was with this idea. She hates doing her nails and stuff, but she will if Mom asks.

“Sounds great,” I said.

Then, out of nowhere, Mom said, “Warren seems so nice. Doesn’t he seem nice to you?”

“He’s quite a guy,” I admitted.

“You know I worry about you going into those pool halls. The kinds of people in some of them. But I think you found one of the good ones there.”

“I guess so,” I said. Mom left for work. I turned to my sister, who had been staring at me the whole time Mom had been talking.

“You really think Warren is that great?” she asked.

“I don’t know,” I said.

“There’s something creepy about him. Isn’t there?”

“Yeah,” I admitted. She could read people. And I couldn’t lie to her. “Don’t worry—he won’t be around much longer.”

“I hope not. He gives me the shivers.”

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