Vivian is getting angry that she doesn’t know what to do with the girl who is now asleep with her head on the kitchen table, and Richard is absolutely no help. Richard is popping pills for a headache coming on and is reminded of some of the reasons he doesn’t like his sister. She does not have the ability to stop. Ever. With anything. s*x or drugs or anger. Her anger is well known in the family. At their cousin Bruce’s wedding in Sarasota Vivian took the cake-cutting knife (silver with a crystal handle) and tried to stab their father for making her walk the half-block to the reception instead of riding in the limo. Richard sighs. What is it with the women in his life? His wife, Jennifer, and Vivian. Even his mother was always angry and screaming.
Richard had knocked on the door this after
