DADDY DEFENDS MY HONOR

“Well, if it ain't the skank.”

You can't understand just how hard I roll my eyes when I hear that voice.

I turn to see Jezzy storming towards me from the school entrance. It's just like her: I'm here waiting for my stepdad by the street, minding my own business, when she's gotta tear me from my reverie. It's the same ol' song and

dance. She did it in high school, and it's like she followed me to college to do the same thing all over again.

To say I can't stand her bullying wouldn't do it justice.

“What do you want?” I say under my...