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His voice was flat She o steps from him

She’d never iined he’d say that “What?”

“You’ll leave” He wouldn’t look at her His body was coiled tensely on itself, radiating violence “You always leave”

“I’”

“You’ll leave” His voice was bleak “We’re never good enough for you”

He couldn’t be talking to her He was caught in the past, stuck on soain “I’”

He looked up and she couldn’t recognise him

“I’, Peirce”

“Yeah, she said that too” He shrugged, a slight inclination of his shoulders “Loved uess Society over substance”

She had to ”

He snorted

Ladies always controlled their anger Ladies accepted the cards fate dealt and played their hands to the best of their ability Ladies always stayed polite, no matter how bad the circumstances

Ladies did not hurl plates full of food at frustrating ry fishwives They most definitely did not use profanities

She’d learned so much in so little time

“You arrogant son of a bitch!”