Ree
What I really can’t stand is how I feel so ashamed--for Dad.
Teardrop
Well, he loved y’all. That’s where he went weak. Lots of us can be tough, plenty tough enough, and do it for a long stretch, too.
Ree
But snitching.
Teardrop
For lots’n lots of years he wasn’t. He wasn’t, he wasn’t, and then one day he was.
Ree
You always have scared me.
Teardrop
That’s cause you’re smart.

