"What is wrong with you?" she hissed when they were out of earshot of all but Shlee.
He opened his mouth to say he didn't know what she meant, but closed it before the lie had a chance of coming out as truth. He knew he was treating Megan unfairly, but he was stressed out about his sister, and everything else going on. Adding Megan just put more weight and responsibility on his shoulders that he didn't care for.
"You've been acting like a spoiled little brat ever since you ran into her, and she doesn't deserve it," Mandy continued when it was obvious Eldon wasn't going to speak. "Is it because she wasn't Gloria, like you hoped?"
The accusation stung him, but not as much as the pain in Mandy's brown eyes. She swept her dirty blonde hair behind one ear as she met his gaze. He was the first to look away.
