The Good Swartz
*Maddie FLASHBACK* Derek and I were sitting on the couch watching Jaws after a tragic first day back to school. We were an hour into the movie with fresh popcorn. “When do you think your dad will come home to yell at you?” I shrug. “If I had to guess, he was called as soon as I left the principal’s office. But he hasn’t cared for the last seven years. Why care about this now?” My ears pick up the sounds of doors slamming. “Or he could come home in the middle of the…”. The front door of our little two-story house is thrown open wide as daddy Mayor comes charging through the doorway. “MADELINE SINCLAIRE SWARTZ.” “… day”. I finish my sentence on a murmur as my father stares down at me with anger, his rudd
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