Chapter 18: The Thrill Of A Good Chase

Chapter 18: The Thrill Of A Good Chase

The Backwoods, Fallon Creek, Michigan...

School had let out and Casey Peterson found himself seemingly always looking over his shoulder. He didn't think the day could get any worse as the story of what he'd done to Rick in gym class had begun to spread all over the school and more and more of his classmates came to congratulate him on putting the ever-moody brute in his place. While he enjoyed the positive attention from those in his new school, he had known all too well that it would have negative consequences for him in the long run if Rick had anything to say about it. If that had not been enough, Casey's mother had informed him that she wouldn't be picking him up from school due to having to work late. He had not been familiar with the bus route and barely even had any concept about walking back to his house. He started on his way nervous about lingering near the school for too long and having to cut through the small stretch of forest