![]() ![]() It was probably the pressure of us watching that made Ruby trip on a ladder rung on her way out of the pool and crash back into the water. When Harriet and I finished swimming, Hadley wouldn’t let us go until Ruby completed her laps. Today, though, he reached a special category of loathsome. Hadley has always been a jerk, especially to me, although it’s true he likes to pick on most of his students a few times each term. Coach Hadley held me back to swim extra laps along with Ruby Lasko and Harriet Price. Going to a school full of rich, selfish brats.īut lately things have been particularly vile. Living in a shoebox beneath a flight path. ![]() Then there are the elements that make up my daily slog: Having separated parents on different sides of Australia. Last winter I was mildly electrocuted by a faulty hair dryer. Mum and Dad named me Wilhelmina for a start. Terrible stuff has been happening to me since I was born. Somebody’s practical joke.ĭon’t get me wrong. Lately it feels less like a life and more like a joke. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about hoaxes. ![]()
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