Chapter 15Justin left home in the early afternoon of the day before classes began. He didn’t know when Bailey was returning to campus, but he wanted to be there when his roommate showed up.
There had been new snow overnight, but the clouds had passed on to the east and everything sparkled under the weak winter sun. Justin hoped the weather was a good omen and that being in college could become the happy experience he’d always looked forward to. The freshly salted roads made driving easy, and he was back at Rhodes Hall in half an hour.
He had stepped onto the elevator in the dorm with his backpack and a duffel full of clean clothes when he heard a familiar voice call out, “Hold the elevator, please.” He put his hand on the door and looked out to see Harry Jackson with a large suitcase in
