Exit Light (2010)
“Tovah had been there for half an hour, working in the small back room where she could punch and kick away on a bag without attracting too much attention. Where if she fell on her ass when she tried to kick, nobody would see. The mirrors reflected her stance and posture without hiding any details. Red face, messy hair, sweat-stained T-shirt. She’d stopped wearing shorts a long time ago, hating herself for giving in to vanity and societal pressure but unable to bear the constant scrutiny on her a...s she worked out. Or the questions, usually well-meaning but annoying and invasive all the same.
How’d you lose it? How can you work out without a leg? Can you still feel it, sometimes?
Usually women just looked and whispered to their girlfriends behind their hands. Men asked, straight up and blunt. At first she’d been glad for the questions, but then she quickly realized they weren’t listening to the answer. They asked, but they never really wanted to hear it. They wanted to ogle her prosthetic leg.MoreLess
How’d you lose it? How can you work out without a leg? Can you still feel it, sometimes?
Usually women just looked and whispered to their girlfriends behind their hands. Men asked, straight up and blunt. At first she’d been glad for the questions, but then she quickly realized they weren’t listening to the answer. They asked, but they never really wanted to hear it. They wanted to ogle her prosthetic leg.MoreLess
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