“What’s the matter with you? You look so gloomy”, Luke asked me in a worried tone, on the way to school.
I had run into Luke and he had decided to walk with me rather than taking his car since we seldom run into each other, even though we lived in neighborhoods right across each other.
Luke was someone I felt the most comfortable with….maybe it was because I had known him since childhood? He was family and it never occurred to me once to hide something from him. He already knew everything about my miserable life so I didn’t even have to bother to try.
I let out a sigh and shot him a disgruntled look, then declared solemnly, “My mom is getting remarried”
Luke’s eyebrows shot in surprise and he countered back instantly, “And that makes you mad because?”
I shrugged my shoulder and starte
