"That must be their dog," I said.
"Do you want to tell me what's going on inside your head, Jack?" she answered me
seriously.
"I bet you they put a picture of their dog on the card every year," I said.
She took the card from my hands and looked at the picture carefully. Then she raised
her eyebrows and her shoulders and gave me back the card. "We're very lucky, Jack.
There's so much we take for granted... ."
"I know," I said. I knew what she was talking about without her having to say it.
"I heard that Julian's mom actually Photoshopped August's face out of the class picture
when she got it. She gave a copy to a couple of the other moms."
"That's just awful," said Mom. "People are just... they're not always so great."
"I know."
"Is that why you hit Julian?"
"No." And then I told her why I punched Julian. And I told her that August was my ex-
friend now. And I told her about Halloween.
Letters, Emails, Facebook, Texts
December 18
Dear Mr. Tushman,
I am very, very sorry for punching Julian. It was very, very wrong for me to do that. I am
writing a letter to him to tell him that, too. If it's okay, I would really rather not tell you
why I did what I did because it doesn't really make it right anyway. Also, I would rather
not make Julian get in trouble for having said something he should not have said.
Very sincerely,Jack Will