"Is he quiet in class, too? He’s a little shy, my boy. Takes after his father that way. But he’s got a heart of gold. So, Marcus... are you looking out for him?"
"Nice neighborhood, Ethan," Marcus sneered, looking around at the manicured lawns. "Didn't figure you for the suburbs. Thought you lived under a bridge." the bully meets my mom (2022)
That night, I didn’t tell Mom. I never did. She was warm, smelled like cinnamon, and worked as a logistics officer—nothing intimidating. But she noticed me picking at my dinner. "Is he quiet in class, too
"Is he quiet in class, too? He’s a little shy, my boy. Takes after his father that way. But he’s got a heart of gold. So, Marcus... are you looking out for him?"
"Nice neighborhood, Ethan," Marcus sneered, looking around at the manicured lawns. "Didn't figure you for the suburbs. Thought you lived under a bridge."
That night, I didn’t tell Mom. I never did. She was warm, smelled like cinnamon, and worked as a logistics officer—nothing intimidating. But she noticed me picking at my dinner.