When Lily opened the swinging door, she found the boy sitting on the worn kitchen table drinking a glass of milk.When Lily opened the swinging door, she found the boy sitting on the worn kitchen table drinking a glass of milk. In this better light she could see that the boy had a little pointed face and huge grey eyes. Rhett leaned against the icebox and grinned at Lily when she came it. "Willie," he nodded at the boy on the table, "Tells me he just got off the train with Jeb Makin." Lily wrinkled her nose. Jeb here tonight? She'd not seen him, but then he steered clear of her. None of the girls liked him, he took forever and always argued over the price. "What on earth are you doin' with that grubsteak farmer?" she asked Willie. "He's my Momma's cousin. And--and Momma died last month." The boy bit his lip, then continued, "Daddy died two years ago and nobody wanted six kids so we all had to go different places. |