don’t know . Does she know how upset you were yesterday?”
“Yeah.”
“She might not be too mad then.” Sunny looked hopeful so I held up my hand . “Don’t get too excited . She ain’t gonna be a bit happy with what you’ve done, especially in light of the trouble you’ve been findin’ yourself in lately.”
“I know.”
“But I’ll stay and we’ll fix supper, and maybe I can help you smooth things over a little.”
She threw her arms around my neck and nearly knocked me off the couch . “Thanks, Mimi! You’re the best.” She hopped off the couch and headed for the kitchen.
“Not so fast,” I said . “Don’t you wanna know who else asked about you?”
“Oh, yeah.” She came and sat back down beside me . “Who?”
“Al.”
She narrowed her eyes . “What’d she say?”
“She asked if I knew what was wrong that you didn’t come to school today . I told her I didn’t.”
“She say anything else?”
“Said she was sorry about what happened yesterday . She said she thought you might’ve really put the goblet in her backpack as a joke.”
“But I didn’t!”
“I know.”
“And even after I told her I didn’t, she told everybody at play practice that I did! She let them believe I stole it!”
“I know, baby.”
“How could she do that to me?”
I shook my head . “I don’t know . People trample over each other all the time in order to get their own way.”
“I’d never do her that way . Now everybody thinks I’m a thief.”
I started to point out they probably thought that after she got herself suspended, but I didn’t wanna make matters worse . Instead, I said, “I’m workin’ on a plan to expose the real thief, and then your name ought to be cleared.”
“What’ve you got in mind?”
“I don’t wanna say until I’ve got all my ducks in a row.”
“Don’t you trust me?”
“Of course.” It was all the other little yay-hoos she’d probably tell that I didn’t trust . “I just don’t have everything worked out yet.”
That part was true . Brandon Easton was to give the necklace to the drama teacher on Monday morning . I planned to get with Wilbur Brody so we could decide what to do next . I’m sure a stakeout will be necessary, but I figure we’ll need some help with that . I don’t cotton to the idea of hidin’ in the auditorium all day . And if I got caught, it would look really weird… maybe even like I was a pervert or something.
By the time Faye got home, me and Sunny had a nice supper on the table: biscuits, pork chops, creamed corn and mashed potatoes.
“Yum,” Faye said, as she came in and pitched her jacket onto the back of the couch . And, no, I didn’t raise her that way but she’s grown now and I’ll be danged i f I’m gonna go a round pickin’ up after her . So even though my fingers itched to hang up that jacket, I didn’t do it.
“What smells so good?” she asked.
“Pork chops,” Sunny said, “and stuff . Come on . Me and Mimi have done got everything on the table.”
Faye gave me a peck on the cheek as we went into the kitchen . “I didn’t know you were coming by today,
“Yeah.”
“She might not be too mad then.” Sunny looked hopeful so I held up my hand . “Don’t get too excited . She ain’t gonna be a bit happy with what you’ve done, especially in light of the trouble you’ve been findin’ yourself in lately.”
“I know.”
“But I’ll stay and we’ll fix supper, and maybe I can help you smooth things over a little.”
She threw her arms around my neck and nearly knocked me off the couch . “Thanks, Mimi! You’re the best.” She hopped off the couch and headed for the kitchen.
“Not so fast,” I said . “Don’t you wanna know who else asked about you?”
“Oh, yeah.” She came and sat back down beside me . “Who?”
“Al.”
She narrowed her eyes . “What’d she say?”
“She asked if I knew what was wrong that you didn’t come to school today . I told her I didn’t.”
“She say anything else?”
“Said she was sorry about what happened yesterday . She said she thought you might’ve really put the goblet in her backpack as a joke.”
“But I didn’t!”
“I know.”
“And even after I told her I didn’t, she told everybody at play practice that I did! She let them believe I stole it!”
“I know, baby.”
“How could she do that to me?”
I shook my head . “I don’t know . People trample over each other all the time in order to get their own way.”
“I’d never do her that way . Now everybody thinks I’m a thief.”
I started to point out they probably thought that after she got herself suspended, but I didn’t wanna make matters worse . Instead, I said, “I’m workin’ on a plan to expose the real thief, and then your name ought to be cleared.”
“What’ve you got in mind?”
“I don’t wanna say until I’ve got all my ducks in a row.”
“Don’t you trust me?”
“Of course.” It was all the other little yay-hoos she’d probably tell that I didn’t trust . “I just don’t have everything worked out yet.”
That part was true . Brandon Easton was to give the necklace to the drama teacher on Monday morning . I planned to get with Wilbur Brody so we could decide what to do next . I’m sure a stakeout will be necessary, but I figure we’ll need some help with that . I don’t cotton to the idea of hidin’ in the auditorium all day . And if I got caught, it would look really weird… maybe even like I was a pervert or something.
By the time Faye got home, me and Sunny had a nice supper on the table: biscuits, pork chops, creamed corn and mashed potatoes.
“Yum,” Faye said, as she came in and pitched her jacket onto the back of the couch . And, no, I didn’t raise her that way but she’s grown now and I’ll be danged i f I’m gonna go a round pickin’ up after her . So even though my fingers itched to hang up that jacket, I didn’t do it.
“What smells so good?” she asked.
“Pork chops,” Sunny said, “and stuff . Come on . Me and Mimi have done got everything on the table.”
Faye gave me a peck on the cheek as we went into the kitchen . “I didn’t know you were coming by today,
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