Violet Fire
“She had no job, no money, and a fistful of her mother’s medical bills that were all long past due. Thanks to Rathe Bragg, she had no prospects either, for clearly everyone in Natchez knew about the night she’d spent with him.
Nevertheless, she dressed to hunt for a job, thinking she’d check back in at a few of the clifftop hotels. She didn’t hold out much hope, though, because even if one of them had an opening, she’d be viewed as a pariah. She stopped in the middle of brushing her hair, covere...d her face with her hands, and began to consider the worst.
If worse came to worse, could she bring herself to go to work on Silver Street? What a hypocrite she’d appear! But then, Natchez already considered her a branded woman, so what difference did it make?
Damn! It made a difference to her; she was a woman of principles who condemned the businesses conducted in those dens of iniquity along Silver Street…prostitution, gambling, drinking. But she needed a job; principles wouldn’t pay for her mother’s hospital care.MoreLess
Nevertheless, she dressed to hunt for a job, thinking she’d check back in at a few of the clifftop hotels. She didn’t hold out much hope, though, because even if one of them had an opening, she’d be viewed as a pariah. She stopped in the middle of brushing her hair, covere...d her face with her hands, and began to consider the worst.
If worse came to worse, could she bring herself to go to work on Silver Street? What a hypocrite she’d appear! But then, Natchez already considered her a branded woman, so what difference did it make?
Damn! It made a difference to her; she was a woman of principles who condemned the businesses conducted in those dens of iniquity along Silver Street…prostitution, gambling, drinking. But she needed a job; principles wouldn’t pay for her mother’s hospital care.MoreLess
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