When I asked my husband about it, he said Lucas was going through a difficult phase.
I reminded him that our son was being bullied.
“I know,” Derek replied. “I’m trying to figure out how to stop it.”
I believed him.
Derek had always been practical. When a problem appeared, he wanted to find a solution quickly. Lately, though, whenever I mentioned Tyler, he changed the subject.
“Let the school handle it,” he kept saying.
I assumed he was frustrated with the situation.
I didn’t know he had been having private conversations with Cindy.
A Night Lucas Thought He Had Lost
That Friday, I bought two basketball tickets online.
They weren’t the best seats in the arena, but they were affordable, and I knew how much the game would mean to Lucas. I wanted him to have one evening when he could enjoy being a kid instead of worrying about what Tyler might say.
