Chapter 20

Was this what falling in love was like? Love was something he’d never expected. How did a person know if they were in love? It was all so confusing. He didn’tbelieve in love, did he?

Now, his cell phone rang and he dragged himself from his thoughts to answer it. He smiled when he saw it was Jeff.

“Hey,” he said, his voice thick.

“Hey, you! How’s the day going?”

Chad smiled. Better now that you called.“Boring. Sick of riding a desk. What are you doing calling in the middle of a school day?”

Jeff chuckled. “I’ve got a minute between classes. I got to thinking about your house.”

“What about it?”

“I know you’re frustrated with not being able to work on a lot of the repairs and improvements you want to do until your cast is removed.”

“Frustrated” didn’t even begin to describe how Chad felt. He hated not being able to work on his house. “And?”