Chapter 6

“Harrison, look alive!” Caleb tossed the basketball to his brother with an annoyed look.

Harrison caught the ball just in time. His teeth flashed in a grin, and he smiled even wider when he made a three-pointer right over Caleb’s head.

“What were you saying?” Harrison asked. “Or are you all talk like you usually are?”

This afternoon, just a day after going out on the lake with the family, Caleb and Harrison had decided they needed to blow off some steam by playing ball. They’d invited Heath and their friend Jason, but the latter hadn’t been able to get off work. Despite the odd number, they played a few lopsided games as the afternoon waned on.

Caleb dribbled the ball down the court. Right now, it was Harrison and Caleb versus Heath. Heath blocked Caleb as he tried to throw the ball to Harrison again, and when Caleb threw and Heath hit the ball down, Heath let out a shout of triumph as he took the ball back down the opposite side of the court.

“Like I said—what were you saying?” H