Chapter 46

But the gym was empty. Jo was all alone on the court—the scoreboards were dark, the bleachers folded up against the walls, the floor polished to a pale sheen that reflected the lights shining down from the rafters. No worries, someone would show up eventually. It was Friday night…it was either play ball or sit at home and watch a game on TV, and where was the fun in that?

Jo shot the ball a few times from the free throw line, but chasing after it got old real quick, and it wasn’t quite the same sinking every shot when there was no one to cheer him on. The next time the ball bounced out of bounds, he checked his phone as he chased after it. It was only five thirty, still too early to go back to the dorm and call it a night. God, he wanted to do something,anything, that wasn’t schoolwork. Where were his teammates at?