Chapter Three: The Half-Life of Pie
Patricia Campbell first noticed “Jack” in Study Hall at West Seattle High School. (Which is just two blocks north of West Side Presbyterian Church on California Avenue in West Seattle, also a similar distance from both their houses, a few blocks east.) John was talking with another student, maybe a girl, about his Christian faith. "I sort of listened in on the conversation, and was impressed that he would share his faith." As a new Christian herself, and either a freshman or sophomore, "I was kind of shy, I didn't have the nerve to go up and talk with him."
They began to get to know one another at West Side, where the young people’s group “did everything together,” and where it turned out Jack also had a mischievous streak:
