#CHAPTER 120: Journals

Zane POV “Celiac?” I asked, looking at Sarah over the kitchen island as she inhaled her first cup of coffee. She didn’t even wince at the heat. “Why would Jordan have celiac?” “He doesn’t, he wouldn’t and Ella doesn’t think he might. The point is to put it in everyone’s head that he has this special need, this issue that he’ll have to bring up.” She rolled her eyes. “Look, people with allergies and celiac and any of that need to ask for accommodations,” she said, “but all it takes is a suspicion that the person demanding special treatment is just seeking attention, and people get irritated really fast.” I agreed with that, but what was Ella’s point? “Making us think Jordan might need special treatment is to get us to resent him?” “Or to make him feel like he needs that special attention. Teaching kids to stand up for things they need is empowering. Teaching them to demand things they don’t makes them unpleasant to be around.” She walked over to the coffee maker and poured a