Reassured, Shorty joins Roy behind the food counter. He again reminds Hilda that she should be working. Instead of heeding his advice, she promises to pray with him in his church and at home if he makes a new start on this holiday and attends to her needs. “I wouldn’t need dreams of pleasures of the flesh if you offered some affection once in a while. And please, don’t tell me it aggravates the virus. You have no problem causing injury to your body to feel like a martyr when the virus kicks in. Well, be my martyr for a day and prove you’re my partner. I too have nightmares and it’s because of the guilt you make me feel. I see beautiful young men coming out of walls wanting to make love to me. Just as my imagination torments me, they break up into body parts and become part of the wall dec
