“Your professor told Dameon off and that we’re supposed to leave you alone. As if we’d listen to him. You need to break his rules. The Skulls will hang out with whoever they want. Why don’t you come and join them, Mark? We could then always stay friends.”

“Mark, you’re home. We didn’t know where you disappeared to after the funeral. It’s been a few days and we’ve been trying to reach you.”

“Are you chickening out?”