Chapter 27
My mind still swirling with thoughts of Delilah, I opened the glass door leading into the office. The secretary eyed me over the top of her glasses and said, “Go on in.”
I nodded and went into Mr. Shiloh’s office, closing the door behind me. Mr. Shiloh was behind the desk, and Coach Joseph was standing next to it, pointing down at something on the desk.
Seeing the two of them together brought the boiler room dream back to me. I glanced at Mr. Shiloh’s name plate on his desk—Mr. Paul Shiloh. “I’m the last guy left on the team that’ll have you—except for Paul.” The red-headed boy from the dream was Paul Shiloh, my principal.
Coach looked up from the paper on the desk and over at me, his eyes narrowed as he watched me from across the room. “Are you alright, Ria?”
I nodded, my
