Suzette Suzette

We thought we’d be the first kids there, this was totally wrong. Hundreds of people were shoved into Great-grandma’s tiny house. Maybe fifty, anyway a lot. I did not know any of them. Come in! said a tall woman with a pinched McCormick nose. My sister and I scooted in, holding up a wall. Our mother escaped into the kitchen full of McCormick women. It’s the twins! Someone said. Great-grandma had eighteen children, not any twins. How long do we have to stay? I whispered to my sister. She shrugged. Suzette, a mean first cousin walked in. We ran toward her as if we liked her. At least she was someone we knew. “Suzette! Suzette!” We yelled. She sneered at us and began playing with a second cousin.