Summary

“Danvers vs. Bishop Fenwick” (31) opens during “Double Sessions” (32), when the Danvers High sports teams assembled at the school for two practices per day to get in shape for the coming season. While the team was stretching, Girl Cory received a flower delivery from her stalker, “Philip” (35). The package contained a dozen rose stems accompanied by a card that read, “Congratulations on getting what you deserve” (35).

Marjorie Butler, the team’s coach, was beloved by the players, though they knew little about her. They were dreading finding out what type of exercise Coach Butler had planned for their morning session. The narration remarks that as they walked to the football stadium, the mark on Mel Boucher’s neck was gone. The players were tasked with running a circuit on the stadium steps ten times. Abby Putnam took the lead in talking the...