I didn't like that either. It made my stomach twist and I took the list back, then folded it and tucked it into my pocket all without looking away from Eddie.

"Why?" I asked. I wanted to say it wasn't any of her business, except I knew it was, because it was her job to make sure we were taken care of. But I didn't know if I wanted to know what she had to say about it. Some of the workers liked me, but some of the others didn't think I was a good kid and I knew it. It was because of the fighting, even though I hadn't done that in a very long time. And it was because of Tim.

He had been the one in the wrong, but I was still looked at funny because I'd hit a grown up.