Spit and Hellfire

Or some unspoken history

Photo by Alex Alvarez on Unsplash

As we sat at the table across from the associate principal and Special Ed Teacher three days ago and listened to them tell us about how our son scratched his teacher and spit on him while he was blocking him from exiting the room, my ex said “I don’t even know where he got that spitting thing from!” I agreed. “Yeah, I have no idea,” shrugging my shoulders and looking bewildered.