Everyone in That House Was Counting on Him Never Walking Again. He Was Hiding the Fact That He’d Started To

Fourteen years of a boy, all of it, kept.

Chapter 15 — Warren

When I finally pulled back and wiped my face, Warren was already making his way down the bleacher stairs toward the exit, alone.

Nobody went after him.

It was Keegan who called out, over the noise.

“Warren.”

Warren stopped and turned.

Keegan stepped out through the sideline gate onto the concourse, and the two of them talked for a minute where I couldn’t hear over the crowd.