You can tell me to do it for me, do it for my health, but why? So I can live a longer life? Why live longer when all I have to look forward to is the derision and rejection of men and society?
She buys duct tape at the gas station, as the south-bound storm cell approaches (north wind blowing in her face). She decides to ask for help.
She knew this would be the last time her mother would ever install curtains for her in a new dwelling. She knew, because if Mom didn’t refuse to do it next time, she would refuse to let Mom offer. Mom knew it, too. That’s why she’s being so helpful and buying so many tiny things she knows her daughter will need and forget to provide for herself. This is the last time.
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