Olive Branches Don't Grow On Trees - Plot & Excerpts
It was a signal, a warning, and a precursor to the storm. “I'm not helping you with your tuition either, you ingrate!” Silvia heard Frank yelling, as soon as she walked in the door. “I don’t want your help!” Vince yelled back. “That’s right!” Frank yelled back, like he did not hear Vince’s reply. “I work hard for my money!” Frank must have sensed that Silvia was home because she was only half way through the back door when he ran into the kitchen to tell her his side of the story. “See what that brother of yours got started this time? I don’t hear a word out of him. He sits in his room like an introvert and when he does talk, it’s only to be a pain in the ass.” Clearly, he was trying to elicit her support. “I don't want to get involved,” she said, still somewhat tranquil from her day at the beach, her body not yet adjusted to the sharp and sudden change, like weather to which she had no time to acclimate. She could have asked what Vince “got started,”
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