Chapter 6
Brooks really did come up with the whole hanging out after curfew scheme. Alan would’ve never thought of it; his bright idea was to chaperone Brooks to the cinema on an occasional date and wait in the parking lot, hoping he might run into Detective Garrison at some point that way. Eventually he might even get up the courage to talk to the man, who knew? But he didn’t want to seem too eager.
Fortunately Brooks liked going to the cinema. There were two girls at his school he invited, alternating between them every other week, which was why Alan didn’t think either was serious enough yet to be called a girlfriend. One was Kylie, the girl he claims to be dating, but if he mentioned the name of the other one, Alan doesn’t remember it. Alan was just the chauffeur, with Brooks and his
