We knew who’d taken it. Once again, Aunt Kay and I went looking for my brother Scott. We found him in the backyard of my parents’ house. They were paying him to put down new patio stones around the pool while they were on vacation but Scott hadn’t made much progress. It was pretty much the same as it had been the week before. Scott wasn’t alone. “Figures.” My disgust was boundless but Aunt Kay’s reaction was rage. She charged towards Ryan, swinging her bag at his head and screaming, “Stay away from him with your poison!” Ryan raised his arm to defend himself. “Crazy old bitch.” He danced away from her, yelling, “Knock it off.” But Aunt Kay didn’t stop, kept hitting him again and again with her purse. I laughed. My kind, gentle aunt, an overweight pensioner, was going after a drug dealer with her purse and I laughed. I didn’t step in to stop her or even help her.
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