Chapter 5

And then when they got home, Momma would ask lots of questions about what Miz Julie wore, how she kept the house, and how she and Daddy got along. She’d smiled when he’d mentioned that Daddy often had to make them dinner after he came home from work because Miz Julie said she had a headache

He and Becca had been secretly glad when Daddy told them he and Miz Julie weren’t going to be together anymore. Afterward, he’d learned that Mr. Tom had taken Daddy out to get drunk, only when he’d come home, he hadn’t acted drunk, even though Tad could smell liquor on his breath. Tad would have sworn he’d seemed almost… relieved.

He brought his attention back to what Daddy was saying.

“Reba was going on about some of Tad’s friends. She thinks they may be—God forbid the word gaypass her lips. She called them light in the loafers—and she’s afraid that between them and me, Tad will go that route.”