Once inside Ben turns to Adam and Hoss and hands the baby over to Adam. “Take care of your sister while I’ll have a stern talk with that young brother of yours” said Ben sternly as he walk up the stairs thinking about what he was gonna say to him.

I was sitting on the end of my bed. My head sulked as I thought about what I had done and about what Pa was gonna say. I never meant to hurt Amelia and I felt very ashamed of myself for that. I was a horrible brother and I can’t blame her if she doesn’t want to play with me ever again.

I heard the jiggle of the doorknob. My bedroom door open and there was Pa standing in the doorway with his hand on the doorknob and had a disappointed look on his face.

That’s when I knew I was in a heap of trouble. “What’s been bothering you son? You’ve been awfully quiet these past few says” Pa said.

“I shrug my shoulders and said “Nothings bother me”. I knew that that made Pa madder. “Then do you care to explain to me why your baby sister was crying?” asked Pa sternly as he walks over to me.

“I yelled at her” I said full of ashamed. Pa looks at me and I know he was shocked. “Why did you yell at her?” “Because she was annoying me and I was mad” I said trying not to cry.

“Why were you mad?” asked Pa. I couldn’t hold my temper any longer and yelled “BECAUSE YOU FAVOR HER OVER ME AND YOU LOVE HER MORE THAN YOU DO ME!”

I got up and stormed out of my room. The second after I yelled at my father I regretted it. Ben couldn’t believe that his son would think that he had a favorite child but he was more appalled that Joe would think that he love Amelia more than him.

He was starting to worry that Adam and Hoss were feeling the same way.