——Aaron
When Sam dropped the mind-blowing news on me, I thought my life was over, and my dad was going to maybe eliminate my existence from our family tree. But that was me being overly dramatic. That was me before I had come back to my senses.
“Lanter, it’s already past midnight. I have to swing by Ms. Penny’s office before the first period,” Sam reminded me.
I shook my head in disbelief. We had a more pressing matter at hand, and all she could care about was our young, divorced teacher.
I took a deep breath and started. “I… I just don’t get it. You said—”
“Listen,” she cut in. “I know what’s on your mind, okay? I get it. You don’t have to stress yourself about it. You just have to—”
“Sam!” I had to cut her in too. “Don’t you ever shut up?”
And it actually shut her up. Her dark
