“Who is that?” I ask Maggie. “Him? That’s Vincent Griggs. Total loner and a complete jerk off.” Yeah, I could tell. “Why do you call everyone by their last name?” I ask as I walk her to her class, since I have a gap in my schedule for a few hours. “What do you mean?” she asks. “Anytime you talk to people you call them by their last name, almost in a derogatory way. Why?” She is quiet for a moment before she speaks. “Heritage is really important around here. It’s ingrained in us. Some families are good, some not so much.”
