Rise of the Sons by JD MITCHELL EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: JD MITCHELL
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Her lungs ached, but Ali ran faster. She was late. Again.
Jessica–her perfect sister–would scold her for sure. She had two minutes to
reach her destination or face another sermon on responsibility. To be fair,
it’s not like she’d been up late playing video games. Edgar Allan Poe was
the culprit, which resulted in eerie dreams of a shadow man and a liberal
use of the snooze button this morning. Ali could lie and tell Jessica it was a
reading assignment, but then she’d have to fabricate evidence. Her best bet
was to beat the bell.
Sweat trickled down the small of her back as she raced up the concrete
steps. She ripped open the front door and charged inside the school like a
stampeding elephant. Her canvas sneakers squeaked on the vinyl tile as she
sprinted across the empty hallways before sliding to a halt.
With a wheeze, she adjusted her backpack to distribute the weight across
her willowy frame and pushed her short brunette hair out of her dull brown
eyes. The hall clock showed she had thirty seconds remaining.
She fanned herself as she rounded the corner.
A tall figure, completely bald, leaned against the wall and stared at the
ceiling.
Leigh Hart.
Ali gaped at his lack of hair. His blue eyes and slender nose were the same,
but with his missing hair he looked older. If Ali passed him on the street,
she might not recognize him.
The chemo rumor must be true.
Leigh wasn’t a friend, but she couldn’t enter the classroom without passing
him and he looked so, pathetic?
Rumor had it Melissa Fairchild split with Leigh over the summer, but the
cause was unknown. In the week since the start of school, speculation ran
rampant as to his mysterious absence. The prevailing theory had him
suffering from heartache, or less cleverly dubbed, ‘hart-ache.’ Another
version claimed he underwent chemo as the result of cancer. Either way, Ali
didn’t care. The happenings of the popular clique were far from interesting.
Except she couldn’t be ‘hart-less’–ha-ha–and ignore him. “Um… are you
okay?” She asked, pausing just short of the classroom door.
The final bell rang. Shit sticks.
Leigh’s eyes lit with surprise as he looked down at her. “I… yeah.” Leigh
said standing straighter, towering over her in his 6’6 basketball glory.
To his credit, he managed a lazy smile, but his somber eyes betrayed him.
Ali glanced at the door. Melissa was in her history class, and she ventured a
guess Leigh was too.
This was so not her problem. She took another step towards the door and
stopped. “Listen, do you want to walk in with me?”
“What?” Leigh asked.
Ali pointed towards the door. “Um… since we’re both late…”
Leigh blinked.
“Safety in numbers,” Ali blurted. Now, she was the pathetic one.
His brow furrowed, but the corner of his mouth turned upward.
Ali took this as a ‘yes,’ although, she wasn’t certain. Leigh wasn’t much of
a conversationalist. With a deep breath, Ali grasped the door handle and
turned.
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