Chapter 30One bang of a gavel. A nine months weight lifted. I still missed my Mimi, but I was dealing with it. I was free of Moorfield Bloody Boys School. I had a new school where I knew I’d be happy. And a judge ruled I really was a girl.
My life changed in barely two hours, faster than we thought. Sarge checked for flights, and we headed to the airport. No overnight stay, no hometown tour to show it off to my family.
But I didn’t care. I was free.
“Bud, we dodged a bullet. I knew we would, but ya don’t know how much this godless jarhead has been prayin’ the last two weeks,” Sarge said as we waited at the gate.
Will hugged me and said, “You’re gonna love your new school, Shel.”
Estrella fanned herself, “Estoy agotada. All this, the flight this early morning, being in court, and rushi
