My brother kept nodding. “But he said that it built character.
And he said that Penn State was looking really good with their recruitment. And he mentioned you.”
My dad said, “Hey! How about that?” My brother said, “Really?” I said, “Yeah. I talked to him.”
My brother said, “When did you talk to him?” I said, “A couple weeks ago.”
And then I froze because I suddenly remembered the other part.
The fact that I met the man in the park at night. And the fact that I gave him one of my cigarettes.
And the fact that he was trying to pick me up. I just sat there, hoping it would go away. But it didn’t.
“Where did you meet him, honey?” my mom asked. The room turned pins and needles quiet.
And I did my best impersonation of myself when I can’t remember something.
And here’s what’s going on inside my head. Okay …he came to school to have a talk with the class …
no… my sister would know it was a lie … I met him at the Big Boy … he was with his family…
no… my dad would scold me for bothering the “poor man”…he said it on a news cast …
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