Cooper Copyright 2012 by R. Cooper Smashwords Edition This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author. “What’d you do this time to get your ass kicked?” Chris jumped at the question. He was already shivering from the cold and shaking with adrenaline and tension but he raised his head and peered around the aura from Stanley Street’s one streetlamp until he saw the shape of a boy at the very edge of the light. Shape of a man, he should say, since according to the commencement speech that morning, they were men now, ready to face the world, or at least life after high school.
