old wood.
“Because you knocked.”
“That’s it?”
“That’s enough.”
He looked down at his hands.
“What if I had been bad?”
Miss Jo sighed.
“Baby, bad is a word grown folks use when they don’t want to understand tired, scared, hungry, lonely, or hurt feelings.”
“I talked back sometimes.”
“Children are allowed to have voices.”
“I got mad.”
“So do kettles. That’s why continue reading …
