This time he was afraid the coach would make good on his threat to bench him for being late. John just couldn't seem to make it to practice or the gam...s on time consistently. He was the starting quarterback or he wouldn't have any confidence he could talk his way out of it once again. If he didn't really hustle the team would be on the field before he got there and it would be too late for sure.John's heart sank when he saw Coach Samuels standing in the door to the locker room when he jerked. It was just a lie which Barry had spread around.Everybody knew Barry was the worst kind of liar, ‭ but they all loved a bit of gossip as well. It was Sunday Morning when I arranged an accidental meeting with Linda Abrams. I arranged the meeting at the First Church of The Nazarene. I hugged Megan and spoke to Linda in a whisper.‎”We need to talk,” I whispered. “Before the meeting tomorrow.”‎Linda didn’t answer. She just continued walking into the church. I waited until everyone was inside then. "I know a good place near the university," I told them. "It's on Brannen Street." Oh, good!" Mary Kate said. "That's near the Walmart. Drop us off there." She handed me two hundred dollars before they got out of the truck."Will that be enough?" she asked."Yes, more than enough," I answered."You can pick us up here when you are done," Mary Margaret told me, as they both got out.I drove over to the quick-change oil place and had them change the oil, transmission and differential fluids. They are. He had to run around a service installation, then there was another canal to cross. He decided that he'd throw off any pursuit – including dogs – by jumping into the canal and splashing through it for several hundred yards.Several hours later, he found himself running at the edge of a mostly open area, with an expressway beyond. There he could see the strobe lights of police cars. He ducked further into the woods.By 2:30 pm, he was at Reedy Lake. Now what? Work around it on the west side. Get.