6 Chase
“I think I know who went after Mackenzie at Jason’s party,” Sonny said after school let out. It was raining like crazy and the coach was sick, so football practice had been canceled. We’d just gotten into my car and I was checking my text messages. Mattie had sent one, asking me to call her. She apparently had something important to discuss.
I looked up from my phone. “Who?”
“Gus.”
I raised my eyebrow. “Oh, yeah?”
Sonny went on. “Think about it. He obviously has the hots for her. Kara mentioned at the party that Mackenzie was supposed to go with him to some fundraising dance. They were going as friends, apparently. You know that douchebag, though. He probably wants much more.”
He had no idea. “Yeah.”
Sonny pulled out a tin of chew. “I bet he found out that she was going to
