Can we have one normal homecoming, please? No drama, no violence, just a warm hello?Apparently not

“How are you, Ilana?” Kayla crowed, stepping out of her Sienna. She lifted a pair of Prada sunglasses onto a heavily streaked wig.
“Great, baruch Hashem,” I said, shivering. “How’s Danielle liking school?”
Another gust of wind. I pulled Ari’s hat lower around his face.
“Oh, she loves it.” Kayla rolled her eyeballs upward for emphasis. “But I think 4:15 dismissal is too late. They’re only seven, after all….”
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