Melomiri

The Burn Book Revisions

Language: en

In the parent-teacher WhatsApp group, the class president's mom, Brenda Hayes, suddenly tagged me. [Chloe’s mom, you need to get a handle on your daughter.] [She's too young to be acting this fast. She’s throwing herself at my son every day and ruining his focus.] She attached a photo. In the picture, my daughter, Chloe, was kneeling in front of Brenda’s son, Liam, picking up scattered textbooks with her head bowed down. In my past life, this was the exact moment I panicked. I spent thirty minutes typing out frantic explanations in the group chat. But the more I explained, the quieter…

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