"Why did you throw them away?" He pushed past me and went around the house to the trash bins, and I followed him, waiting for an answer.
He shook the garbage out, then turned to face me." Does the word salmonella mean anything to you?"
"Salmonella? But..."
"My mom doesn't think it's worth the risk."
I followed him back to the porch." Are you saying she won't eat them because---"
"Because she's afraid of being poisoned."
"Poisoned! Why?"
"Because your backyard is, like, covered in turds! I mean, look at your place Juli! He pointed at our house and said, " Just look at it. It's a complete dive!"
"It is not! I cried, but the truth was sitting right across the street, impossible to deny. My throat suddenly chocked closed and I found it painful to speak. "Have you...always thrown them away?"
He looked down at his shoes," Juli we didn't want to hurt your feelings."
"My feelings? Do you realize that Mrs. Stueby and Mrs. Helms pay me for my eggs?"
"Your kidding."
"No! They pay me two dollars a dozen!"
"No way."
"It's true! All those eggs I gave you I could've sold to Mrs. Stueby or Mrs. Helms!"

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