Chapter 26
“So you kicked him out?” I demanded, suddenly so angry I couldn’t remain seated a moment longer. I rose and paced between a waist-high ginger plant and a banana tree, clenching fists that wanted to grab onto Eddie’s lapels and shake some sense into his larger body. My stepfather had appeared so kind and caring when taking in strangers who showed up unannounced on his doorstep. He’d hired a large staff who clearly needed a home and had built an arsenal to protect his skittish wife. And yet, he chose to cast off my little brother for an action that must have been intended as a plea for help?
“Of course not,” Eddie answered, twisting his body around so he could keep me in his field of vision as I looped around the plant-filled room. “I called in psychiatrists, psychologists, ther
