Question

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 ?

Answer 1

like a house or a place to be at