Chapter 296: Brothers, For Real Now
LAKE
My family tree was complicated. Ms. Okafor asked us to draw one in class. Mine took four sheets of paper. I consumed the remaining part of my pencil on it.
I wasn't bothered. That just meant I had a really good family.
The project was due on Thursday. Kofi came over on Wednesday after school. We worked at the kitchen table. Dad made snacks. We had our papers and coloured pencils spread out everywhere.
Kofi's tree fit on one page. Easy. He has two parents. One sister and four grandparents. And two sets of aunts and uncles. Nothing wrong with that. It just wasn't as interesting as mine.
"Who's that?" Kofi asked, pointing at my paper, which had already expanded onto the second sheet.
"That's Cameron," I said. "He married my dad. So he's my other
