Summary

In this chapter, Rain tells about what happened when she and Bride were together and how she feels about Bride. She calls her “my black lady.” She’s sad that she’s gone. Her car was fixed with unmatched parts, but it works, and she left. Rain is overwhelmed by the fact that she is finally able to talk to someone about the tragedies of her life before Steve and Evelyn. They both refuse to let her discuss it. She claims that at first she wanted to kill them, actually to kill everybody, but she doesn’t anymore. They bought her a kitten who she tells all her secrets, until Bride came around. One day on a walk with Bride, a truck load of boys drove by and one said, “Hey, Rain. Who’s your mammy?” Bride didn’t pay any attention...