Sure, Granddad knew, but no one else in my family did.
What if it came up at dinner? I’d be dead, fried, cluck-faced meat.
Later, as I was brushing my teeth, I considered bribing Juli, getting her on board so that nobody brought up the subject of eggs.
Or maybe I could sabotage the dinner somehow. Make it not happen.
Yeah, I could – I stopped myself and looked in the mirror. What kind of wimp was I, anyway?
I spit and headed back to find my mom. “What is it, honey?” she asked me as she wiped off the griddle. “You look worried.”
I double-checked to make sure my dad or Lynetta wasn’t lurking around somewhere, then whispered, “Will you swear to secrecy?”
She laughed. “I don’t know about that.” I just waited.
“What can be…,” she said, then looked at me and stopped cleaning. “Oh, it is serious. Honey, what’s wrong?”
It had been ages since I’d voluntarily fessed up about something to my mom.
It just didn’t seem necessary anymore; I’d learned to deal with things on my own.
At least, that’s what I’d thought. Until now. She touched my arm and said, “Bryce, tell me. What is it?”
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