No Laughter Here
“She’s sulking. Let her sulk.”
Dad wasn’t hearing Mom at all. He said, “Let’s shoot some hoops, baby girl. I’ll spot you eight points.”
I shook my head no. Then he started to sulk, which annoyed me because there wasn’t room for his sulking. Only mine. And on top of that, I had a headache. One that had been creeping up the back of my head for a while. I had the exact same headache last month at the start of the half moon. I knew, because the first time my head throbbed like this, I opened my wind...ow so I could howl at the moon, arroOUUU. There was the moon, with its face turned sideways, laughing at me.
Dad wouldn’t let things be. He was still trying to get me to open up. “Bad day at school, puddin’?”
Mom got annoyed. “Roy.”
He wouldn’t let go. “Someone giving you a hard time? Is it that Juwan character?” He turned to Mom and said, “That boy thinks he can get away with it because she’s an only. There’s always strength in numbers on the playground, Gladys.”MoreLess
Dad wasn’t hearing Mom at all. He said, “Let’s shoot some hoops, baby girl. I’ll spot you eight points.”
I shook my head no. Then he started to sulk, which annoyed me because there wasn’t room for his sulking. Only mine. And on top of that, I had a headache. One that had been creeping up the back of my head for a while. I had the exact same headache last month at the start of the half moon. I knew, because the first time my head throbbed like this, I opened my wind...ow so I could howl at the moon, arroOUUU. There was the moon, with its face turned sideways, laughing at me.
Dad wouldn’t let things be. He was still trying to get me to open up. “Bad day at school, puddin’?”
Mom got annoyed. “Roy.”
He wouldn’t let go. “Someone giving you a hard time? Is it that Juwan character?” He turned to Mom and said, “That boy thinks he can get away with it because she’s an only. There’s always strength in numbers on the playground, Gladys.”MoreLess
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