Chapter 31: Interview and Battle
Colby Brae presented himself as smart, witty, and very similar to his father. He eyed me from feet to head, c****d his head to the left, and asked, “So you’re the guy my father likes?”
Likes.
I really wasn’t sure what he had meant but went with it. “Sure. I guess so.”
“Sure is like saying you don’t know. It’s in between things.” He brushed fingers over his left cheek, squinted. “I can’t think that my dad would like a guy who uses the word sure.”
Jesus.
Talking to Colby was like talking to a little adult. Not that I cared, though.
Dugan leaned into me and whispered, “He’s advanced. Fly with it.”
I did, toying with him. “Sure is the coastline of a beach.”
“That’s S-H-O-R-E. The sure I mean is S-U-R-E.”
“You’re very smart, Colby Brae,” I said. “You m
