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Jack
I sit at the kitchen table, Sissy across from me.
She’s been suspended. Again.
“One more time. Explain this to me one more time.” I say.
The principal warned that one more infraction and Sissy would be kicked out. He gave the barest details of the latest “incident.”
Sissy rolls her eyes.
“Bro, seriously. It’s not a big deal.”
“It is a big deal. You realize, one more of these and they’ll permanently expel you. Then, like it or not, you’re going to boarding school.”
“That’s bull,” she says.
“I don’t get it. Are you testing me? Pushing me? What is the point in these suspensions?”
She folds her arms over her chest. Her mouth forms a mulish line.
“I get it, Sis. After my mom died I had to go live with Aunt Flo. It wasn’t easy for me either. I tested her, too.” The tests didn
