Remember when you and Connor were seventeen and snuck out to a party and you both came home trashed? You took turns vomiting into a bucket.” I pretend to be wistful. “Ah, memories.” He screws up his face. “Ah, PTSD.”
My mom and Mr. and Mrs. Kikishkin have all shown up, and they’re wearing ref uniforms. Mom is holding a sign that says, “Knox it out of the park!” which … not hockey, but okay. I grin as I come to a stop in front of them.