Chapter 27

Chapter 27: To Spit or to Swallow

“Yo man. We finally have the chance to talk, now that Miss. Ayesha ain’t come for class.” Devon tapped his shoulder. “Couldn’t hep but notice you weren’t in school yesterday. Marcus? Nigga are you sleeping? Marcus!” He jolted into full consciousness, looking around like he was stranded.

“What?” he looked around, then looked back at Devon. “What is it?”

“You sure you okay man? You’ve been sleeping all day.”

“I’m good. I’m good. What? What do you want?” he said, his pitch-black eyes looking pretty weary.

“I was saying, you weren’t in school yesterday, and the day before. Is everything good?”

“Yeah… yeah. It’s been resolved now so it’s cool, I guess. Any other que—”

“You sure you don’t want to go and chill in the library for a sec?”

“Nah. I’m good.”

“You sure? Maths next man. And we all know he won’t allow you sleep in his class.”

“Fuck, you’re right. You know what, I’ll just go chill in the library” he slid off his desk and his books accidentally clatt