“He’s not here. Actually, he’s taking a temporary leave of absence,” Jason replied. “Lord Channing made the announcement on move-in day. I guess Mark is sick or something and will probably take the whole year off. Daniel here is my new roommate.”
We were sad to hear that Mark was sick and weren’t sure how to process the news. So, our attention turned to his so-called replacement instead. The three of us studied Daniel momentarily to decipher how we felt about this.
SJ and Blue seemed to decide to give him the benefit of the doubt. They shook his hand and introduced themselves.
I was a bit more reluctant.
Daniel had a way about him. I couldn’t quite place what it was, but I got weird vibes from the way he looked at me—like he already had me figured out and was enjoying the fact that the
