One Day Later: A PartySherrie and Tracy’s loft was large. One of them came from money but no one ever knew which. They met at Smith, were together as Sophomores, and became inseparable as Juniors. They were now twenty-five and each worked for a non-profit. On a Sunday in early October, they held a party. The attendees were a mix of people from school, from jobs, from the neighborhood, and especially from Ethel’s.
As usual, Paula stayed close to Angela. By this point, as noted, Paula’s feelings for Angela were changed. A love left untended from afar while Angela was with her brother was briefly inflamed. It had settled into the glowing comfort of sisterhood. But a stranger looking at the two would think they were lovers—looking nothing like sisters, displaying all the signs of physical clo
