Chapter 22Pulling down Kruger Street, Rocco parked under an old, sagging sycamore across his house and killed the ignition.
He leaned back and brought a finger to the raw, sensitive cut on his bottom lip, a glaringly offensive reminder of what he was up against with Milton High’s malicious bully, Nick Savage.
He turned to look in the direction of his house. The curtains in the front windows were closed. He was worried that his mother might be watching him from somewhere in the dark.
Three cars drove by before Rocco got out of the truck and stumbled across the street to his front porch. Playing it safe, he bypassed the front door and walked around to the side alley to where he left his bedroom window unlatched.
The window was a foot off the ground so he had to heave himself using his up
