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There was a man in the house. Again.<\/span> <\/p>\n

Sloan\u2019s stomach got that funny sick feeling like he was going to vomit. He hated when Mama brought someone home at night. Someone drunk and noisy. He knew what people said about her. Joni Hawkins was no good, like her jailbird husband. They gossiped, said dirty things about her. He was eleven. He wasn\u2019t stupid. He knew what the words meant.<\/span><\/p>\n

They were all big fat liars.<\/span><\/p>\n

He tiptoed down the dark hallway to the door, careful not to be heard. Mama would tell him to go back to bed. But he worried when she brought a man home. <\/span><\/p>\n

He could hear them in there, but he couldn\u2019t make out the words. The man\u2019s voice rumbled, rising at times. Then Mama\u2019s soothing tones would calm him down. She was good at soothing.<\/span><\/p>\n

A narrow beam of light sliced along the edge of the wooden floor. Breath held, he placed his right eye against the skinny crack and slowly, slowly, let the air ease out through his nose. <\/span><\/p>\n

He couldn\u2019t see much. A flash of Mama\u2019s pink diner shirt. A man\u2019s leg in dark pants. Dress-up pants. Sloan could see a big hand too, held out toward mama as though asking for something.<\/span><\/p>\n

What was that on the man\u2019s wrist? A watch? Sloan squeezed closer until the wood pressed hard into his face and his eyelashes folded back against his eyelid. Not a watch, a fancy bracelet with stones. Sloan held back a laugh, relaxing a little. Only a sissy would wear a bracelet like a girl.
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