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Rosa Swears
It’s to the point she almost doesn’t recognize herself. And Tuesday, she swore openly at Helen Schade, told her if she doesn’t want to put the trash out for the truck, then she must take the load downtown in her shopping cart right then, and Rosa was going to wash the dishes while she was gone and that was that.
Rosa was actually able to push her out the door with the kitty cat on top of her pile of trash.
She is getting smart is what it is, she thinks, soaping a sink full of cups and ashtrays and wiping down the kitchen counters and the table.
Laureano is smart, she thinks; because of all the TV he watches—Nova, the History Channel. Even he could have explained to her about Spain if she’d asked him. Eva is smart, because of her college education. A colonel. Rosa imagin
