Chapter 32

• Down The Rabbit Hole
• Clover I sit there for a minute after Maverick leaves my office, trying to understand what his motive could be. It almost seems like he wants me to report him. That doesn’t make a lot of sense—not from what I understand about his potential career trajectory. While I’ve tried my hardest not to pay attention to him—other than being annoyed when he shows up for class late or checks his phone messages while I’m teaching—I am aware, based on what I’ve read in the school paper, that he shows real promise, along with a few of the other students on the school hockey team.
• I’m also aware that for every student who thinks they’re going to get called up to a professional sports team, there are another dozen whose dreams are going to be crushed. I don’t know enough about the sport to be able to say which category Maverick fits into. Not that it should matter.