Chapter 6
The Fox’s Game
Within the hour, Penny knew as much about Zoe as she ever had about any of her friends from the city.
Zoe had moved to Dogwood at the end of the last school year to live with her grandmother while her mom and dad pursued careers as over-the-road truck drivers.
“It’s just for a few months,” she said. “They’ll get tired of it pretty soon and come back for me.”
Penny couldn’t help but notice that Zoe didn’t seem completely convinced of this. She avoided Penny’s eyes for a second, fiddling with a hole in the knee of her jeans.
“My dad’s a Native American. For a while I stayed with my other grandma on the reservation, but I didn’t like it there much, so they said I could come here.”
“Do you like it here?”
Zoe shrugged. “It’s okay, I guess. I like Sullivan’s and
