Grace Winter hugged her toy and went back, sighing with her head down, feeling a little disappointed.
At dinner, Mother Edwards asked about it, "Why didn't you take Grace along when you went out to play?"
Hayes Edwards replied indifferently, "We're all boys, she's a girl, what should we play with her?"
"Didn't you all used to play together like that?" Mother Edwards said, "Your friends, Little Fatty and Joy, they all like Grace, so why can't you play together?"
"That was when we were kids, now we've all grown up." In any case, he just didn't want the little tagalong Grace following him, "I don't want to be laughed at for playing with little kids."
Mother Edwards chuckled but was also a bit annoyed, "You're still a kid yourself, who's laughing at you?"
"I'm already nine..." Hayes whispered in defense, "I just don't want to bring Grace along."
At school, she always followed him around, and he couldn't shake her off.
