“The Quarterback Shoved My Little Sister — He Didn’t Know Her Brother Had Just Returned From a Black Ops Deployment”

but her center of gravity is already gone, her body already committed to a fall she can’t prevent. She goes airborne for a split second, arms pinwheeling uselessly, before gravity slams her onto her back against the unforgiving asphalt with a sound I can hear even through my closed windows.

The impact is a dull, meaty thud that I feel in my own bones,continue reading …