It didn’t matter if their own fathers were in the state hospital or the federal prison, they hadn’t betrayed theirs, and Janice had.
“Do you know what else?” “What?” “I told Janice about not having a TV and everyone laughing.
I told her I understood what it was like to have everyone think I was weird.”
“What’d she say to that?” “She knew I was telling the truth. She even asked me for advice as if I was Dear Abby.”
“Yeah?” “I told her just to pretend she didn’t know what on earth Wilma and Bobby Sue had said
or where they had got such a crazy story and everybody would forget about it in a week.”
She leaned forward, suddenly anxious. “Do you think that was good advice?”
“Lord, how should I know? Make her feel better?” “I think so. She seemed to feel a lot better.”
“Well, it was great advice then.” She leaned back, happy and relaxed.
“Know what, Jess?” “What?” “Thanks to you, I think I now have one and one-half friends at Lark Creek School.”
It hurt him for it to mean so much to Leslie to have friends. When would she learn they weren’t worth her trouble?
“Oh, you got more friends than that.” “Nope. One and one-half. Monster Mouth Myers doesn’t count.”
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