Mexican WhiteBoy by Matt de la Pena

Author:Matt de la Pena
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780375891182
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2008-08-12T04:00:00+00:00

Danny Overhears Sofia and Uncle Tommy

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A couple nights later, just before bed, Danny overhears Sofia asking Uncle Tommy: “Did he always have such a bad temper?”

They’re both in the kitchen. Tommy’s fumbling with his lunch box, and Sofia’s mixing tap water into a pitcher with concentrated frozen orange juice. Danny stops cold when he sees them. He backs out of the kitchen, out of sight, and listens at the door.

“I guess,” Tommy says. “He and Ray both got in a lot of trouble when we were kids. Some pretty violent stuff. Fights and assaults. Definitely wasn’t the first time.”

There’s a short pause and then Sofia says: “You think he’d ever do it again?”

“I don’t think so,” Tommy says. “We talked about it last time I went to see him. He seems changed. But you never know, I guess.”

Sofia says: “You think Danny will be like that, too? When he gets married?”

“I don’t think so,” Tommy says. “Nah, Danny’s got a different way about him. He takes after Wendy.”

“They say when you’re exposed to it, though, it’s more likely.”

“Guess you never know for sure.”

There’s a little pause and then Danny hears Sofia say:

“For some reason I was thinkin’ about it. I was remembering how scared Aunt Wendy looked when she came to stay with us that weekend. The way her face was. And how she acted.”

“It was a bad time, Sofe. Real bad. Much as I love my big brother, I can’t say he didn’t deserve this.”

When they don’t say any more about the subject, Danny sneaks away from the door and lies on his cot in Sofia’s room. When she peeks her head in a couple minutes later, he pretends he’s already asleep.

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