When Winter Blooms
she pointed at a specific shoot, the tallest one, the first one, "is already Gerald Junior."
"Gerald Junior," Ethan repeated.
"After Gerald," Lily explained, in case this was unclear.
"I understood the reference," Ethan said.
"And this one…" she pointed to the second shoot, "is Steven Two, because of Steven the worm. Because they're friends."
I looked at Ethan.
"And this one," Lily continued, pointing to the third shoot, the smallest, the one that had come up last and was still finding its height, "is Maya."
I stopped moving.
"Because," Lily said,, "it was the last one to come and it's going to be the tallest. Ms. Park looked it up, late ones are always the tallest."
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