Chapter 14All Jonah wanted was to crawl under a rock and hide for the next decade. He’d only wanted to help. How was he supposed to know John was persona non grata around Jesse anymore? Jesse’s was the one opinion he’d always trusted, and as far as Jonah knew, they were friends. How could he have guessed otherwise?
He didn’t look back as he marched up the stairs, though he heard them creak behind him. He knew who it was. Gideon and Jesse wouldn’t want to be anywhere around him right now. He almost thought David was better off being as far from him as possible right now, too.
Shoving open his bedroom door, he threw his backpack into the corner and flopped onto his stomach on the bed, burying his head as he tried to block out the world around him.
Even when the mattress shifted beneath Jo
