Chapter 20
Everything changed after that night. Erin didn’t understand why Jack did what he did, or why his sudden, unconditional acceptance of her seemed to make the entire valley more receptive to her. Suddenly, Ian, Shane and even Joey started being nicer to her. They quit avoiding her and started socializing with her. Suddenly, she was allowed inside the house. And even invited inside the house. She realized how much the Rydells revered Jack’s opinion. When Jack didn’t like her, no one else did; and when Jack turned lukewarm towards her, so did everyone else. But once Jack had fully embraced and accepted her, she was unanimously accepted.
She kept her job at the coffee stand. A week later, she stopped dead in her tracks when she turned from an order to find Jack parked at the opposit
