Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY. Catholic Primary School, 1973. You’re sitting at your desk, scribbling down the answers to the worksheet you were given. The directions were for you and your peers, all near the age of 10, to complete the assignment in utter silence and with haste.

You look up from your desk and see the nun who taught your class circling the room. She always slowed down near your classmate, Peter, as if she was waiting for him to make a mistake.

You were quite fond of Peter.