They Laughed When Soda Was Dumped in My Lap. That Night, I Removed My Name From the Loan

them off guard and they don’t know how to respond. This was genuine, full-throated, entertained laughter. My cousin Derek threw his head back. Aunt Patricia covered her mouth but her shoulders shook. My father waved his hand in that dismissive way of his and said, “Kids will be kids,” as though Mason had merely told a joke that landed particularly continue reading …