Okay for Now
“Spicer, who didn't say much when I came in that Saturday for the deliveries but who looked at me in a new way and who told me that I could let Mrs. Windermere put her bill on account. He would ride up some other time to collect the money.
You could see it in the eyes of Mrs. Mason, who didn't invite me in for a chocolate doughnut, even though she had ordered two dozen. And Mr. Loeffler, who didn't have any chores for me, thanks anyway, not today. And Mrs. Daugherty, who kept her kids back from ...the front door like I was contagious and who didn't even answer the door. Her husband came out instead. Mr. Daugherty. Who happened to be a policeman.
You could probably have seen it in the eyes of Mrs. Windermere, except she never stopped typing while I put her groceries away.
I hate this stupid town.
You could see it in the eyes of the secretary in the Main Office of Washington Irving Junior High School that first day too, and in the eyes of Principal Peattie, who came out of his office so that he could identify me better if he ever had to pick me out of a lineup, and in the eyes of the guidance counselor who worked on my schedule, handed it to me, hesitated, and then decided to walk me to my homeroom because, she said, I didn't know my way around the school yet—but probably because she thought I was going to rob some lockers while I was passing by.MoreLess
You could see it in the eyes of Mrs. Mason, who didn't invite me in for a chocolate doughnut, even though she had ordered two dozen. And Mr. Loeffler, who didn't have any chores for me, thanks anyway, not today. And Mrs. Daugherty, who kept her kids back from ...the front door like I was contagious and who didn't even answer the door. Her husband came out instead. Mr. Daugherty. Who happened to be a policeman.
You could probably have seen it in the eyes of Mrs. Windermere, except she never stopped typing while I put her groceries away.
I hate this stupid town.
You could see it in the eyes of the secretary in the Main Office of Washington Irving Junior High School that first day too, and in the eyes of Principal Peattie, who came out of his office so that he could identify me better if he ever had to pick me out of a lineup, and in the eyes of the guidance counselor who worked on my schedule, handed it to me, hesitated, and then decided to walk me to my homeroom because, she said, I didn't know my way around the school yet—but probably because she thought I was going to rob some lockers while I was passing by.MoreLess
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