All I knew was the top bill in her hand was a ten, and it was striking terror in my heart.
“Mrs. Stueby, please. I… I don’t want that. You don’t have to pay me.”
Nonsense, child! Of course I’m going to pay you. Here!” she said, and waved it out for me to take.
“No, really. I… I don’t want it.” She wedged it in the pocket of my jeans and said, “What utter nonsense.
Now go! Go buy yourself a rooster!” then hurried back up her walkway.
“Mrs. Stueby… Mrs. Stueby?” I called after her. “I don’t want a rooster…!” but she was gone.
All the way to school Mrs. Stueby’s money was burning a hole in my pocket and another in my brain.
How much was it? When I got to school, I parked my bike, then broke down and looked.
Ten, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen. I folded the bills together and slid them back into my pocket.
Was it more than Shelly had? All through first period I was furious with myself for even thinking it.
All through second period I kept my eyes off of Bryce, but oh! It was so hard!
I’d never seen him in a tie and cuff links before!
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