One day Joe went into Adam's room not knowing that he had gone out to work with Ben at the lumber camp. Joe was hoping Adam would be in his room so they could finally talk things out.
When Joe walks in the bedroom it was empty. Joe stared at it realizing that is how the room is gonna look when Adam leaves. He couldn't imagine not seeing his brother in his room or anywhere else in the house or on the ranch.
Joe turns around to leave when he bumps into Adam's dresser. A jackknife that Ben had given to Adam for his sixteenth birthday falls off from on top of the dresser crashing on the floor breaking.
Joe stood there in horror when he saw the knife lying on the floor broken. His heart skipped a beat as he tries to figure out what to do.
Terrified Joe quickly picks up the knife and runs into his room. He opens his dresser draw and hides it underneath his clothes. He knew how furious Adam would be if he found out that Joe went into his room and broke his knife.
He knew how angry and disappointed Ben would be. After hiding the knife Joe runs out of his room and outside to do his chores before Ben came home.
Joe's P.O.V.
What am I gonna do? When Adam finds out that I broke his jackknife he's gonna kill me and Pa is gonna give me a tanning for sure.
It's not like I broke it on purpose but Adam would never believe me if I tell him that it was just an accident. That's just like Adam jumping to conclusions and believing the worst case scenario.
Maybe Pa would believe me if I told him that it was an accident but I don't think even he could convince Adam that it was.
Maybe Adam wouldn't even notice that it's missing I mean he never uses that thing it's been sitting on his dresser collecting dust for the past few years.
Who am I kidding Adam loves that knife. After all it was a special gift from Pa on his birthday. I never saw Adam so happy about receiving a knife. What's so great about a dumb old knife anyway?
What am I gonna do? I can't just run up to Adam and tell him I broke his knife cause he is gonna ask me why I was in his room and why I touch his knife.
And I'm definitely not gonna tell Pa cause that's just gonna leave me to another lecture about going into Adam's room without permission and touching his things.
How can an innocent act leave to so much trouble? Hoss does say I attract trouble like bears to honey.
It's not like I go looking for trouble sometimes it just happens but nothing can compare to the trouble I am in right now.