Those things hatched in the fifth grade! That was like, three years ago! Don’t they eventually run out?
And what was I supposed to do? Tell her Mom was afraid of salmonella poisoning?
And Dad wanted me to tell her we were allergic— c’mon, who’s going to buy that?
So I just kept, you know, throwing them out. I didn’t know she could’ve sold them. I thought they were just extras.”
He was nodding, but very slowly. I sighed and said, “Thank you for not saying anything about it at dinner. I owe you.”
He pulled my curtain aside and looked across the street. “One’s character is set at an early age, son.
The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life.”
He was quiet for a minute, then dropped the curtain and said,I hate to see you swim out so far you can’t swim back.
“Yes, sir.” He frowned and said, “Don’t yes-sir me, Bryce.”
Then he stood and added, “Just think about what I’ve said, and the next time you’re faced with a choice, do the right thing.
It hurts everyone less in the long run.” With that, poof, he was gone.
The next day I went to shoot some hoops at Garrett’s after school,
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