“Come on, Justin,” said Via, pulling him by the hand. “Let’s go hang out in my room.”
“Okay, see you guys later. Bye,” he said. “Bye!” “Bye!”
As soon as they left the room, Auggie looked at me, smiling.
“I’m from Brooklyn,” I said, and we both started laughing hysterically.
Part Five - Justin
Sometimes I think my head is so big because it is so full of dreams.
—John Merrick in Bernard Pomerance’s The Elephant Man
Olivia’s Brother
The first time I meet Olivia’s little brother, I have to admit I’m totally taken by surprise.
I shouldn’t be, of course. Olivia’s told me about his “syndrome.” Has even described what he looks like.
But she’s also talked about all his surgeries over the years, so I guess I assumed he’d be more normal-looking by now.
Like when a kid is born with a cleft palate and has plastic surgery to fix it,
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