Jacob and Matt took Gallus back to the store, then went home. The Makalos needed time to work with the people who’d already been pulled from the potion, and opted to take the night off. Jacob’s muscles needed to recuperate from working with Sweet Pea, so he was especially grateful.
He wanted to read the journal, but there was a voice mail on the kitchen phone from Tani—he returned her call, eager to talk to her about his day, before realizing she didn’t know anything about his other life.
She told him the usual group was meeting at the local church to play basketball in the gym, and they wanted to know if he was up for it.
His desire to prove his value as a basketball player flowed back into him. He could use this to keep up his skills—he’d have the opportunity to impress Coach sooner or later and didn’t want to get rusty. “Yes! Of course!”
“Great. We’ll pick you up at 7:45.”
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