Chapter 5
S’mores cupcake in hand, I took a seat at our usual table in the corner of Bite Me! Charlie was working alone, as she always did. She’d talked a few times about hiring an afternoon helper to work the cash register, but she hadn’t done it yet. I told her when she did that I had a few students I’d be happy to send her way.
I was the first one there, as always, but it gave me a chance to relax for a few minutes. I loved our friends, but after being surrounded by teenagers all day, sometimes I wanted to just go home and sit in silence. Not that our place was silent very often. One night a week I sucked it up though, and connected with my closest friends.
Sam and I met Mandy and Claire in college. We’d all been assigned dorm rooms close to each other our freshman year. Collectively
