As if the day couldn’t get any worse, Topher had to spend the entire morning being swept away by random strangers asking for help to move things around, while James was off somewhere out of sight with his old high school junior, Paul. He didn’t even get to spend time with James, and what’s worse was that he didn’t even get to show off. Then, when James finally showed up and invited Topher for lunch, lunch ended up being a barbecue cookout. By the beach. With the other volunteers. And James still ended up being dragged away by Paul and the others.
Topher was left to sulk with his uneaten burger, while seated on a foldable chair situated on the stupid sand that had been invading the insides of his shoes ever since his first step onto the beach. He bitterly stared at James, Paul, and three o
