The Stitchers by Lorien Lawrence
Author:Lorien Lawrence
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2020-08-18T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER 10
âWe have to talk.â
Itâs hours after the track meet, and Mike is standing in my doorway. His hands are stuffed deep into his pockets, and there is no sign of a smirk or a smile. I cross my arms over my chest.
âWhatâs up?â I ask.
âCan I come in?â
I hold open the door wide enough for him to slip through. Billy greets him on the inside.
âSup, boy?â Mike drops to his knees to ruffle Billyâs fur as I close the door.
I watch him wrestle with my dog in my living room, feeling shyer than Iâm used to feeling when Mike and I are together.
âYou want something to drink?â I ask.
Mike stands up. âIâll take milk.â
âMilk?â
âYeah, what of it? Vitamin D, right?â
âIf you say so.â I lead him to the kitchen, where I pour us both a glass before we take our seats across from each other at the little round table.
Mike doesnât waste any time. âSo the Oldies at the track meet,â he starts, as if we are already in mid-conversation.
âWhat about them?â
âThat was another warning, except I canât figure out why.â
âBecause they know weâre onto them.â
Mike purses his lips. âBut weâre not onto them,â he argues. âAt least not fully. Face it, Parker, we still donât know who, or what, weâre dealing with. We donât even know if theyâre really dangerous or not.â
âIf you donât think theyâre dangerous, why are you so scared of them?â I challenge.
âIâm not scared,â Mike insists, puffing his chest out a little before taking a long drink of milk. âIâm just cautious.â
âNo, something is off about these people and you know it.â I hand him a napkin. âYouâve got a milk mustache.â
âI like it. Makes me look manly.â But he wipes it off just the same.
âSo what do you want to do?â I ask.
âI think we need to make some charts.â
âOK, Science Boy . . .â
âSeriously. We have to start thinking like scientists, and to do that we need to put all of our evidence into one place. You got your laptop?â
I nod and stand up. âItâs in my room.â
Mike stands up to follow me.
I quickly raise my hand. âNope. Iâll bring it down.â I take off upstairs before Mike can argue; the thought of him being in my bedroom is just too weird, and goodness knows Iâve got enough weirdness in my life these days.
When I return to the kitchen, we sit side by side in front of my computer and open a Word document that we title Evidence. Mike immediately opens his personal email and downloads a file onto my computer. Suddenly, candid pictures of the Oldies appear across the screen.
âWhere did you get these?â I breathe.
He flashes a cheeky smile. âI took these after the track meet, on my way to the field house. They were so focused on you, they didnât even notice.â
âGenius.â
âI know.â
I watch as Mikeâs fingers bounce across the keys, typing furiously without even having to look down. He pastes in each of the Oldiesâ photographs, along with some empty bullet points beneath each one.
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