Chapter 258: Hannah

February, 2019

"So then Juan raced across the finish line so far ahead of Dayton and Patrick," Brooklyn said excitedly, the chocolate chip cookie dough forgotten in her hands for the moment as she recounted the story, "heck, they probably couldn't even see him when he won," she boasted. "The PE teacher said that that was the fastest anyone had ever run the 500-meter in her class, and so of course Dayton and Patrick pretended like they weren't even trying to beat him but of course they were. I don't know why they think it's so bad to be Mexican."

Hannah squished her rounded ball of dough down onto the greased baking sheet as a subtle reminder to Brooklyn to do likewise, but Brooklyn being Brooklyn, of course the diversionary tactic didn't work. She kept her eyes pinned on Hannah while she dropped the ball of dough into place, the implied question hanging in the air.