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Weekly Contest #374
I want to talk about it. No one knows but me. I’d be better off if I just kept my mouth shut, but I want to tell someone. I suppose I could tell Jimmy. He’d wet his pants! But I’d better not. He can’t keep a secret. My sister, Deanie. She wasn’t a baby anymore, but my parents always referred to her as the baby of the family. She actually turned seven last month. I’m five years older, almost twelve. Mom was constantly nagging me to look after her, and I tried to, but sometimes Deanie still got hurt like two years ago when she fell down the fr...
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