* * *
Sher pushed open the door.
“What?” Kristin jumped to her feet.
Terry smoked as she leaned against the buffet, watching the girls, noting the light-skinned one’s dependence. The white in her makes her weak, she thought, ashing her cigarette on the floor.
The white in her makes her weakSher shrugged. “She’s going on vacation. Or something.”
“And?” Kristin asked.
“We won’t be meeting her.”
“Where?” Jackie asked.
“The fair,” Kris said.
“The state fair?”
“Yah,” Kris said.
Sher grimaced.
“Fair starts soon,” Jackie said.
Terry flicked her cigarette on the floor and stepped on it. She cleared her throat to get Jackie’s attention. “How will the girls get in. Costs money.”
“Oh yeah, that,” Jackie said. “I can set you up, show you the ropes,” she said to the girls. “For a little k
