In the middle of the night I wrote a note for Carlene. It said this:

Why did Lala say that? Do you think my dad is a loser?

I also put: I still want to go to Monster Jam.

I stared at it.

Then I ripped it up.

Maybe my dad was trash and if she didn’t want to talk about it, neither did I.

~

I crossed off Monster Jam on my calendar.