“You ain’t furthering anything today, mister.” Violet turned Rory sharply and took his hand, leading him into the trees. With grit teeth and without a glance back, Violet finished with: “Good day, sirs. Thank you again.”
Violet walked Rory for quite a while. Neither said a word. Violet had no idea where they were going—in fact they might have been traveling in one, massive circle—but Violet was too blinded by anger to pay any attention. And just imagine, she thought to herself, that this ain’t nothin’ compared to what the others go through. Skin ain’t nothin’ but skin! Hair ain’t nothin’ but hair! God ain’t nothin’ but God! So why?! Why why why?!
Violet stopped walking once she fully realized that they were going nowhere. She looked left and right, trying to remember where it was they ca
