GS-The turkey was still warm when he said it. I had not returned home…

Liv. Just don’t make a big thing out of it. Cole had a rough game.”

I went upstairs and placed the ribbon in my desk drawer.

Cole’s trophies remained displayed across the living-room wall.

Later that night, Mom came into my room and sat on the edge of the bed.

“He is proud of you,” she said. “He just doesn’t know how to say it.”

I stared at the closed continue reading …