Sit down, Kalel. Let’s drink. No, thanks. I still have homework to do. Busy? Come on. Just once. You saw I was embarrassed earlier. Let’s drink! Don’t think of me as your mom. You can call me Edith. We can get wasted. Isn’t that what you two do? Get shitfaced? Well, I can join you. —Kalel, 15 (2019)








