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The officer’s body relaxes, and he nods at Mr. Hilton.
“Is it policy to show up and scare a bunch of children?” Mr. Hilton asks, a tinge of condescension in his voice.
“I was just responding to a call. A disturbance.” The officer gestures toward Mrs. Prentiss.
“I understand,” says Mr. Hilton.
The officer and Mr. Hilton shake hands. They have a quiet conversation with one another. Mr. Hilton looks like he’s reprimanding the officer, and the officer looks ashamed.
After about a minute, the officer looks toward us. “All right. Keep the music down.”
As the police car pulls away, Blanca yells, “What’s your badge number?!”
I approach Mr. Hilton. “Thank you.”
“No worries,” says Mr. Hilton.
Then, all of a sudden, he clenches his teeth and his cheeks start to turn red. He points a furious finger at Mrs. Prentiss, who’s been watching all this from the sidewalk across the street.
Mr. Hilton yells, “Mind your own fucking business, Janet!”
Thoroughly shocked and offended, Mrs. Prentiss rushes back into her house.
Blanca shouts across the street, “Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way in, bitch!”
“Stay out of trouble, guys,” says Mr. Hilton before walking back into his house.
Blanca watches Mr. Hilton’s ass as he walks.
She asks me, “Which teacher is that? He’s hot as fuck.”
“That’s Mr. Hilton,” I say.
16
Loyalty
After Mr. Hilton goes into his house and closes the door behind him, Blanca and I walk back towards Victor’s car. Victor and Oscar are talking to each other, laughing.
I’m still kind of shaken up by the whole incident with the police officer, so I don’t know how these guys can be acting normal again so quickly.
Oscar says, “And she was all like, ‘Gimme your badge number!’”
“Like she would know what to do with it!” Victor says.
Blanca starts laughing too. “See that bitch run inside her house?”
Oscar imitates Mrs. Prentiss looking offended and running. “Her face looked like she just took a shit!”
They all keep laughing.
Then, Oscar looks at me. “Damn, Hunter, what’s the matter?”
“That was intense,” I say. “How can you all laugh it off like this?”
Oscar turns to Victor and Blanca and says, “Hunter is so white.”
Victor nods. “Asimismo, asere.”
