Broken Roads Page #3

I know Emilia raised you

better than that.

- What did you say?

- You're gonna hit an old woman?

I dare you. I dare you!

- you don't know me.

- That's right, I don't know you.

I don't pretend to know you.

I don't consider you a child, but

you sure are acting like one.

Consider me gone.

You're not going anywhere. Get back in the house.

You have school tomorrow, Aldo.

Aldo! Aldo!

Aldo!

Well, lord, where have

you been hidin'?

Hiding. Wish I could.

Madalyn came by.

She told you?

Oh, shirley, I don't know what I'm doing.

I'm too old for this.

Oh, wallace, you just old

when it's convenient for you.

So...

He's your daughter's son.

Shirley, he's so beautiful.

He looks just like her.

Well, I believe it.

The sun envied that girl.

- He is so angry.

- As well he should be.

And he's disrespectful, and he's rude,

not to mention, his name is Aldo.

Oh, he's an Aldo junior.

He doesn't even know his

grandfather's name was Aldo.

Every time I look at him,

I see Emilia and Aldo.

He looks more like her, but he's

hard-headed like the old man was.

Well, he's probably

in pain, hurt.

He's just young and needs

somebody to guide him.

Plus, he's livin'

with a stranger.

Stranger?! Stranger?

- Is that what I am?

- That's exactly what you are, wallace, a stranger.

That boy doesn't know you.

He's never even met you.

What did you expect him to do,

just come in and instantly

run into your arms?

- Well?

- You know you ran your daughter off.

How many times you

gonna tell me that?

- Until you get it through your head.

- Well, it is through.

In one ear

and right out the other.

What happened between you and her

is what put that man in his grave.

I'll never understand it. That girl

dreamt of being anywhere but here.

She never cared about

nobody but herself.

Wallace, how can you go and

say somethin' like that?

Care. Care!

She loved you, wallace.

She wanted more for her life.

She wanted more for her life

than just livin' in a house

that's been here hundreds of

years, and I don't blame her.

That girl wanted

to see the world.

And I remember.

She waited, and she

waited for your approval.

You never gave it to her,

so what did she do?

She left, and when she did,

Aldo was never the same.

Mm-mm. He was not

right after that.

Now listen to me, sister.

You get a second chance

now with this boy.

Most people don't

get a second chance, wallace,

but god gave that to you.

Don't you run this boy off

like you did her.

You hear me?

Now come on.

Let's go get us some tea.

Time for school.

Get up.

- I'm not going.

- That's what you think.

What the hell?!

- Time for school.

- Are you crazy?

Get dressed. The bus

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