-9- Bertie and the Vamp
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“Fuckin’ trannies.”
Sophie was looking straight at the girls when they said it, but that obviously didn’t dissuade them. In fact, amidst their collective giggles, they said it again. “Look at those fuckin’ trannies!”
“Did you hear that?” Neil asked, far too loudly. “Did you hear those black girls?”
Sophie smacked his leg. “Don’t say black girls!”
“Did you hear what they said?”
“I heard it,” she hissed. “Just shut up.”
Neil wouldn’t let anything pass peacefully. He rose from his subway seat, gave his white skirt a ruffle, and tramped toward the snickering black girls. Damn it! Now Sophie was thinking like him. She gave her head a shake as her husband approached the group.
“Did you call my wife and I trannies?”
Their expressions fell, and the
