Within a week, everyone was gone for the summer, Ma included, so I had no one to talk to about what had happened. Was there fallout over Ma’s routine after that night? Um, sort of. For one, my f*******: wall very nearly crashed. Everyone came out of the woodwork, everyone I ever knew, people I couldn’t even remember knowing. Most congratulated me, even though it was Ma who had done all the work. There were some haters, too, nut-jobs, people commenting on other people’s comments that didn’t even know me. And, yes, it stung just the same, maybe even more so, since they hated me without even knowing me. Still, the majority of the comments were nice to read, endearing, heartwarming. Heck, I even got a couple of offers for dates, which I didn’t mention to Trevor. No sense in worrying him.
But
