Gavyn Odonnell

English

19 April, 03:45

He wondered if Laura would be angry. He had left the [jump] to get a package of cigarettes. He had told her he would be back in a few minutes, and then had gone downstairs and found the candy store closed ... That's how he was ambushed." "He could hear the faint sounds of music now, coming from a long, long way off. He wondered if Laura was dancing, wondered if she had missed him yet. Maybe she thought he wasn't coming back. Maybe she thought he'd cut out for good. Maybe she had already left the [jump] and gone home. He thought of her face, the brown eyes, and the jet-black hair, and thinking of her he forgot his pain a little, forgot that blood ... How is the word "jump" being used as in the story?