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A Perfect Lie

Great start. Chris is a fake. He pretends to be a teacher in order to befriend a high school boy whom he can manipulate.  Two boys are possible targets:  Razz and Jordan.  Absent fathers (one dead). Chris drives a wedge between the two friends.  We learn a bit about the parents.  One woman is a director of an outlet mall (which her older son robs and for which he is arrested). The other woman works (until she quits) as a waitress at the fancy country club in town.  A third boy, Evan, lurks on the outskirts. His mother is wealthy (husband is surgeon) but unhappy. Is husband cheating on her.

Other plot threads:  bomb materials purchased. Truck rental planned.

Abe, teaching colleague, is from Wyoming, the state Chris has picked for his cover since he's sure no one will be from there.  Abe also is talkative and pushy, making Chris nervous that his cover will be blown.

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