A Meeting in the Ladies' Room (2012)
“So, there was nothing left to do for the rest of the day except go back to the brownstone.
I took a cab back down to Greenwich Village, feeling exhausted from the heated exchange I’d had with Mama a few hours before. It also saddened me deeply to know that I’d have to give up my own apartment, but it was the only sensible thing to do.
I sprawled out on the living room floor, listening to an old Whitney Houston song called You Give Good Love. The pain-filled lyrics enveloped the room, a fitting accompaniment to my own despair. The doorbell rang just as I was contemplating suicide.
“Who is it?”
“Paul.”
I unlocked the door and was about to throw my arms around his waist until I saw his face. There were scratch marks on each cheek and his right eye was reddened and beginning to swell.
I was horrified. “Who did this to you?”
Paul closed the door behind him and held me tightly in his arms. His voice was raw with emotion. “I went to Rosa’s house that night after I caught you waiting for Victor.
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