He practiced his greeting. “Hey, Nathan,” he said to himself. Getting the words just right, with a tone of familiarity. A greeting to someone you’ve seen a few times in the past. He had to convince the boy that he was a friend of the family. Not a stranger to be wary of. And really, in this day and age of social media, was anyone a stranger? Everyone was a friend of a friend, or a follower, or someone who liked your TikTok clip.
