“Staring like that!” “I didn’t mean to!” I said. “Vonica,” said Jamie.
“Us leaving like that,” Veronica was muttering. “Oh Lord, that poor lady.
I tell you, boys. Every day we should thank the Lord for our blessings, you hear me?”
“Vonica!” “What is it, Jamie?” “Is it Halloween?” “No, Jamie.”
“Then why was that boy wearing a mask?” Veronica didn’t answer. Sometimes, when she was mad about something, she would do that.
He wasn’t wearing a mask,I explained to Jamie. “Hush, Jack!” said Veronica.
“Why are you so mad, Veronica?” I couldn’t help asking. I thought this would make her angrier, but actually she shook her head.
“It was bad how we did that,” she said. “Just getting up like that, like we’d just seen the devil.
I was scared for what Jamie was going to say, you know? I didn’t want him to say anything that would hurt that little boy’s feelings.
But it was very bad, us leaving like that. The momma knew what was going on.”
“But we didn’t mean it,” I answered. “Jack, sometimes you don’t have to mean to hurt someone to hurt someone. You understand?”
That was the first time I ever saw August in the neighborhood, at least that I remember.
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