Chapter 230
Billie had gone upstairs to wash her face and hands, then come down to ask Auntie Kat to get the zipper on the back of her fancy dress so she could change and go play. Billie walked right by Uncle Scooter’s office, swishing her skirts and still feeling pretty and royal and pleased when she heard her name.
She wasn’t s’posed to listen, she knew that. But her uncles had been talking about her a lot recently. She knew that, because they stopped talking whenever she came into the room. Mommy and Aunt Dani had done that a few times, too.
“I want to shake the hell out of my sister,” Uncle Scooter said quietly. “Why the hell did she end up making a baby with Simon Johannson? I mean, really.”
“How the hell should I know?”
She missed the rest of what Uncle Andy said as the fry-basket buzzer went off in the kitchen. Billie leaned against the door, pressed her ear to the wood.
“…we don’t deserve to keep her anyway,” Uncle Andy said.