His hands fell to his sides and he shook his head as he said, “Eggs? Poisoned? Julianna, I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
Inside I was so angry and hurt and embarrassed that I didn’t even feel like me.
“I’m talking about the eggs that I’ve been bringing over to your house for more than two years– eggs that my chickens laid that I could’ve sold!
Eggs that your family has been throwing away!” I was shouting at him.
Shouting at an adult, like I’d never shouted at anyone in my entire life.
His voice got very quiet. “I’m sorry. I don’t know about any eggs. Who did you give them to?”
“Bryce!” My throat choked closed as I said his name again. “Bryce.”
Mr. Duncan nodded slowly and said, “Well,” then went back to pruning his bush. “That probably explains it.”
“What do you mean?” He sighed. “The boy still has a ways to go.”
I just stared at him, not trusting myself with the words sizzling on my tongue.
“Oh, he’s a very handsome boy, there’s no denying that,” he said with a frown.
Then he snapped a branch and added, “The spitting image of his father.”
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