Rubyfruit Jungle

by Rita Mae Brown

After the storm the sky stayed dark but across the horizon was a brilliant rainbow. We all stared in silence for a long time, then went back inside. Ep stayed on the porch to look at the rainbow. Leroy bet me I couldn’t find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

See, the real problem is getting the boy to shut his mouth. They screw a girl and they got to announce it to the whole friggin’ world. I got to find a boy with his tongue cut out or something.”

“Oh Molly, why do you have to have morals?” “Because I don’t have money.”