“A wonderful morning, made for adventure.
He trotted down the porch stairs and headed for Front Street.
In the early stages of making plans, he’d considered trying to sneak out of the neighbourhood to avoid being spotted by friends of his parents. Friends who would blab. After a while, however, he’d realized there was no point. He might be able to sneak into Beast House and keep his rendezvous with Alison, but his parents were certain to discover his absence from home tonight. Thus, the note.
And thus, no need for sneakiness. Not here and now, anyway.
They’re gonna kill me, he thought.
But not till after my night with Alison.
And if something goes wrong and I can’t make it into Beast House, I’ll just come home and destroy the note and nobody’ll ever know what I almost did.
That might not be so bad, he thought.
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