Kate followed Carol up the concrete stairs. Even though the vinyl letters on the back door of the old gym announced Golden Grove Community Center, too many memories still made it high school to her. The same metal railings, same worn slatted maple floors. It was the smell that got her most, that scent of dust and wax and history. She swallowed.
She"d wondered on the walk here whether there would be some kind of big moment when she stepped inside the gym. Some heart-stabbing revelation, dropping her to her knees in a flood of anguished memories. This was the heart of it all, right? The Scholarship Fair, the betrayal.
She scanned the corners of the room, along the walls, half-expecting there to still be bits of broken glass hidden along the edges.
But, nothing. It was just a normal room f
