Jackson was the talk of the school again. And this time, my name was right beside his.
“I heard Isaac was talking s**t about Siri?”
“Siri? What’s so new about that?”
“And he stood up for her? Wow, I'm shocked. Maybe because he’s new in town, he doesn't know.”
“Or do you think maybe they’re hooking up?”
“That’s bullshit. Are we talking about the same Siri here? He would never!”
At home, it was worse. Mother and son were upstairs, and Lilian was losing her s**t, which was very shocking to me, because I had concluded that there was nothing that would shake that happy mask.
“You have a reputation for your temper and aggressiveness!” she was screaming. “But that is when you’re on the bloody ice, and not in a locker room, beating up an innocent boy!”
“There was nothing innocent about t
