The Lost Quarterback Returns novel · Chapter 13 of 24
Chapter 13: Nine O'Clock
Dylan slept on the motel floor between the beds, with his shoes on and the trash bag under his head.
At eight he sat up and said he was going to the press conference.
"You're not going alone," I said.
"I'm not asking you to stay home. I'm asking you to let me do the talking."
"It's my face she's putting on the news."
Rhett was already lacing his shoes. "Then I'm coming too."
"You're thirteen," I said.
"So is he."
Nobody had an answer to that.
The dental office sat on Monroe Road, a flat brick building with a sign shaped like a tooth.
Two television vans were parked on the grass, and about thirty people stood around a microphone on a stand.
Shanna stood behind it in a navy dress instead of scrubs.
She had her hair curled and a small gold medal pinned over her heart, the one the city gave her for the fire.
Beside her stood a man in a gray suit, and I knew him from the foundation's board table.
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