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I
followed
her
to
the
cracked
sink
with
the
corrugated
drainboard
at
which
she
had
so
often
washed
my
face
and
hands
after
I
came
in
from
the
back
yard
,
or
when
I
was
ready
to
eat
or
go
to
sleep
.
She
watched
me
roll
up
my
sleeves
.
"
You
shouldn
t
have
broke
the
window
.
The
land
­
lord
s
gonna
be
sore
,
and
I
don
t
have
enough
money
to
pay
for
it
.
"
Then
,
as
if
impatient
with
the
way
I
was
doing
it
,
she
took
the
soap
from
me
and
washed
my
hand
.
As
she
did
it
,
she
concentrated
so
hard
that
I
kept
silent
,
afraid
of
breaking
the
spell
.
Occasionally
she
clucked
her
tongue
,
or
sighed
,
"
Charlie
,
Charlie
,
always
getting
yourself
into
a
mess
.
When
are
you
going
to
learn
to
take
care
of
your
­
self
?
"
She
was
back
twenty
-
five
years
earlier
when
I
was
her
little
Charlie
and
she
was
willing
to
fight
for
my
place
in
the
world
.
When
the
blood
was
washed
off
and
she
had
dried
my
hands
with
paper
toweling
,
she
looked
up
into
my
face
and
her
eyes
went
round
with
fright
.
"
Oh
,
my
God
!
"
she
gasped
,
and
backed
away
.
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I
started
talking
again
,
softly
,
persuasively
to
convince
her
that
nothing
was
wrong
and
I
meant
no
harm
.
But
as
I
spoke
I
could
tell
her
mind
was
wandering
.
She
looked
around
vaguely
,
put
her
hand
to
her
mouth
and
groaned
as
she
looked
at
me
again
.
"
The
house
is
such
a
mess
,
"
she
said
.
"
I
wasn
t
expecting
company
.
Look
at
those
windows
,
and
that
woodwork
over
there
.
"
"
That
s
all
right
,
Ma
.
Don
t
worry
about
it
.
"
"
I
ve
got
to
wax
those
floors
again
.
It
s
got
to
be
clean
.
"
She
noticed
some
fingermarks
on
the
door
and
tak
­
ing
up
her
washrag
she
scrubbed
them
away
.
When
she
looked
up
and
saw
me
watching
her
,
she
frowned
.
"
Have
you
come
about
the
electric
bill
?
"
Before
I
could
say
no
,
she
wagged
her
finger
,
scolding
,
"
I
intend
to
send
a
check
out
the
first
of
the
month
,
but
my
husband
is
out
of
town
on
business
.
I
told
them
all
they
don
t
have
to
worry
about
the
money
,
because
my
daughter
gets
paid
this
week
,
and
we
ll
be
able
to
take
care
of
all
our
bills
.
So
there
s
no
need
bothering
me
for
money
.
"
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"
Is
she
your
only
child
?
Don
t
you
have
any
other
children
?
"
She
started
,
and
then
her
eyes
looked
far
away
.
"
I
had
a
boy
.
So
brilliant
that
all
the
other
mothers
were
jealous
of
him
.
And
they
put
the
evil
eye
on
him
.
They
called
it
the
I
.
Q
.
but
it
was
the
evil
I
.
Q
.
He
would
have
been
a
great
man
,
if
not
for
that
.
He
was
really
very
bright
excep
­
tional
,
they
said
.
He
could
have
been
a
genius
.
.
.
"
She
picked
up
a
scrub
brush
.
"
Excuse
me
now
.
I
ve
got
to
get
things
ready
.
My
daughter
has
a
young
man
coming
for
dinner
,
and
I
ve
got
to
get
this
place
clean
.
"
She
got
down
on
her
knees
and
started
to
scrub
the
already
shining
floor
.
She
didn
t
look
up
again
.