“Lucas,” he said, leaning back against his desk in front of the whole eighth grade, “are you sure your mother flew that aircraft? Maybe she worked near it. Maybe she was administrative support. There is no shame in that.”
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The first laugh came from the back row.
Then another.
Then half the auditorium joined in.
My face burned.
“She was a pilot,” I said.
Mr. Reynolds lifted one hand. “All right, all right. Let’s not get defensive. These career presentations are about real information, not family legends.”
Family legends.
The words hit me harder than the laughter.
