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“I hear you suddenly think Dallas Raintree is innocent So thatAnd I guess you figure I’m a liar”
Winona understood the long faces looking up at her nos of her petition had gotten out faster than she’d expected
She took a deep breath and began to explain, for each ith exquisite care, but as she looked out over the crowd, she knew Her wordstogether, but in the end they eightless things, bits of sound and breath that disappeared like soap bubbles into the air No one cared about reo mistake
No one cared about Dallas Raintree
Halfway through her explanation, Tru, “Your time is up, Winona”
And the people applauded
Chapter Twenty-six
This is the worst Christuess all that talk about forgiveness and faith is a bunch of shit I mean, hardly anyone in toill talk to Aunt Winona and all she’s trying to do is tell people thatabout my dad
He’s not helping either because he STILL WON’T SEE ME Aunt Winona says he doesn’t want me to see him in handcuffs and behind bars but that is so lame I know all this would be easier if I could just hear him say he didn’t kill that woman
I tried to talk to Cissy about all of it but even that isn’t working like it used to We talk at school and stuff, only people are watching us now, pointing and whispering At the winter break asse so she didn’t have to be seen with et it I kno randma just cries all the time It totally pissesainnocent makes everyone crazy Aunt Winona says It’s because people need to believe in the law and the cops and we’re scaring theus
I tried to talk to ot ho what she always does when soets all quiet and stares out theas if she’s waiting for soain, maybe even to hope that he can co our lives for even trying
So tonight I asked her I said why don’t you want Dad to come home to us?
And she DIDN’T EVEN ANSWER ME She just walked into the kitchen like I was invisible So I went into my room and slammed the door shut behind me
What an excellent Christmas
PS And Aunt Winona lost the election by a landslide Rumor is that only Aunt Aurora and Mom voted for her