Summary

In Chapter 7, one day about two weeks after Liz and Bean had come to Mayfield, Bean was cleaning leaves out of koi pond while Uncle Tinsley mowed. After he finished he suggested they get some peaches for lunch and let her ride on the tractor with him. The peaches were so good that Bean went back to the orchard on her own to get more. When she arrived she saw a boy stealing peaches from their trees. She yelled at the boy and even threw a peach at him, but he got away.

Back at the house Bean told Uncle Tinsley what she’d seen. He told her the boy was her cousin, Joe Wyatt, and that it was okay for him to take some peaches. Bean knew her mother had married Liz’s father, Shelton Stewart, in a big wedding but Shelton...