His mother looked up quickly from the stove at the sound of him. Her face was set for a question, but she just nodded her head at him.
The coldness began to come back. “I forgot Miss Bessie.” “Your daddy's milking her.”
“I forgot last night, too.” She kept nodding her head. “Your daddy did it for you.” But it wasn't an accusation.
“You feel like some breakfast?” Maybe that was why his stomach felt so odd.
He hadn't had anything to eat since the ice cream Miss Edmunds had bought them at Millsburg on the way home.
Brenda and Ellie stared up at him from the table.
The little girls turned from their cartoon show at the TV to look at him and then turned quickly back.
He sat down on the bench. His mother put a plateful of pancakes in front of him.
He couldn't remember the last time she had made pancakes. He doused them with syrup and began to eat. They tasted marvelous.
“You don't even care. Do you?” Brenda was watching him from across the table.
He looked at her puzzled, his mouth full. “If Jimmy Dicks died, I wouldn't be able to eat a bite.”
The coldness curled up inside of him and flopped over. “Will you shut your mouth, Brenda Aarons?”
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