Chapter 6Seven Years Ago
Cameron Samuels had always been a very proper child. His family set many rules and expectations for him, which he always followed without question. The first eleven years of his life had been fairly uneventful. He was polite and had many acquaintances at school, but his social awkwardness had always kept him from making friends, until now.
Ashton had actually approached him first in their junior high school cafeteria.
“Hey,” Ashton said.
Cameron, whose entire face had been shoved into a copy of The Grapes of Wrath, jumped at his pronouncement.
“Sorry.” Ashton laughed. “Didn’t mean to startle you. I saw you were eating alone. I was wondering if you wanted to join me and some of my friends.” He jabbed his thumb toward a table of rowdy boys a few feet away.
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