voice.
I hadn’t demanded Jasmine move.
I hadn’t done anything.
Yet somehow, I was already being accused of creating drama.
Then he added,
“Remember your place.”
Something inside me became very quiet.
I looked at him.
Then at Jasmine.
Then at his mother.
No one seemed uncomfortable with what had just happened.
So I stepped backward.
Picked up my bag.
And said,
“I know exactly where I belong, Aaron.”
He frowned.
“I’m just not going to argue with you over a chair.”
Then I turned toward the exit.
Nobody stopped