Shadowed Summer
“Deputy Wood was there, with the same trooper who’d come when I called about the rocks. When they saw me, their smiles dimmed.
“What’s going on?” I asked.
“Where have you been?” Daddy asked, his mouth a flat white line as he waited for an answer.
I could tell he wanted to fly up on me, his temper kept in check only because the police were there. Swallowing, I shrank. My voice cracked and I said, “Collette’s.”
Daddy’s eyes turned darker. “Don’t you lie to me, Iris.”
“I’m not!” I exploded with a l...ittle more righteous indignation than I was due, but I hadn’t lied. I had just come from Collette’s. Pointing at the door I said, “Ask her!”
“Babette Landry says you were trespassing in her yard.” Deputy Wood raised a brow, waiting for me to deny it. Then he added, “And throwing rocks at her windows.”
“I did not! All I did was knock on her door! I didn’t throw anything!”
Daddy got harder by the second. “You’re not helping yourself.”
“I didn’t throw any rocks!”MoreLess
“What’s going on?” I asked.
“Where have you been?” Daddy asked, his mouth a flat white line as he waited for an answer.
I could tell he wanted to fly up on me, his temper kept in check only because the police were there. Swallowing, I shrank. My voice cracked and I said, “Collette’s.”
Daddy’s eyes turned darker. “Don’t you lie to me, Iris.”
“I’m not!” I exploded with a l...ittle more righteous indignation than I was due, but I hadn’t lied. I had just come from Collette’s. Pointing at the door I said, “Ask her!”
“Babette Landry says you were trespassing in her yard.” Deputy Wood raised a brow, waiting for me to deny it. Then he added, “And throwing rocks at her windows.”
“I did not! All I did was knock on her door! I didn’t throw anything!”
Daddy got harder by the second. “You’re not helping yourself.”
“I didn’t throw any rocks!”MoreLess
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