She pauses, then says, “Eighteen going once… Eighteen going twice… Sold! for eighteen dollars.”
To Juli? She was the last person I expected to bid on a lunch. Anybody’s lunch.
Jon staggered back into line. And I knew I was supposed to step forward, but I couldn’t budge.
I felt like I’d been slugged in the stomach. Did Juli like Jon? Is that why she’d been so… so… nice lately?
Because she didn’t care about me anymore? All my life she’d been there, waiting to be avoided, and now it was like I didn’t even exist.
Step up, Bryce. Come on, don’t be shy!Mike Abenido shoved me a little and said, “Your turn for torture. Get up there!”
It felt like walking the plank. I just stood up front sweating bullets,
while the Booster queen dissected my lunch and started running through my list of favorites.
Before she’s even finished, though, Shelly Stalls calls out, “Ten!” “What’s that?” says Mrs. McClure. “I’ll give you ten!”
“Oh,” she laughs as she puts down her notes. “Well, I guess I hear ten!”
“Twenty!” calls Miranda Humes from dead center. “Twenty-five!” It’s Shelly again.
I’m looking around for Jumbo Jenny, praying she’s gone home sick or something, while Shelly and Miranda go up by fives.
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