Chapter 29 – Cole’s Concerns4:03 PM, Wednesday Afternoon, October 7th
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Cole hopped down off the last step of the school bus at the Community Center and started walking through the village. He couldn’t wait to get his driver’s license so he could stop taking the bus. A lot of days, he was the oldest one riding it at all.
He was alone. Beth stayed after school for basketball practice. He didn’t know why she’d bothered to go out for the team anyway. She wasn’t much good at sports, he thought to himself.
Planning on heading straight home and fixing a snack to hold him over until his grandmother put dinner on the table at the farm promptly at 6:00, he stopped to cross the street on the corner opposite the gas station. He was surprised to hear his mother calling his name and he turne
