A spoonful of the past

He had received the most lavish praises, and he had harvested the nastiest curses.
He was a guy whose every vein pulsed with defiance.
He was a white boy who could never become a celebrity.
He was a youth from the countryside in the eyes of the masses.
He was Tommy Hawk.
He had been reborn.
Welcome to the story that tells of the American Dream in the first half and the American nightmare in the second.
Let's invite Tommy Hawk to take the stage, in the winter of 2022.

America 1982

Tommy stood on the stage, looking down at all the guests whose eyes were on him, and he began with a smile:


"Time flies, it has been forty-two years since I first met Odelia. I was just a high school student back then, and she had just graduated from college. To be honest, I hated Lincoln High School, because even though Odelia and I donated a lot of money together, they only hung her picture. They'd rather hang pictures of dogs or other animals next to hers than put mine up there with her. They mocked me, saying, 'Hey, know your place, you're just a pet shop owner. What makes you think you're equal to the woman who's a Supreme Court Justice of America?'"


"In a fit of anger, I was ready to have my lawyer sue the school into closure, but Odelia stopped me. She said if I did that, she would stand on the opposing side, defending Lincoln High School."


Chapter 11: this is America!_2