When he got to his car and opened the bag, the eggs were broken.
He came back inside.
He screamed at her.
At the end of the checkout lane. In front of everybody.
Are you stupid? Are you retarded? Who hires people like you? You shouldn’t even have this job!
Annie stood there.
She didn’t say anything.
She just kept saying I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. Faster and faster. Like if she said it enough times, he’d stop.
He didn’t stop.
And I didn’t say anything either.
I was standing by the magazine rack. Ten feet away. Thirteen years old.
I watched a grown man scream at my sister.
And I didn’t move.
I didn’t say stop. I didn’t say that’s my sister. I didn’t say she’s sorry, she’s new, it’s just eggs.
